The best way to banish dirt from your bath
SIR – Barbara Southward (Letters, October 20) may dislike baths, but they are no reason for “soaking in one’s own dirt”.
She could shower before bathing. A treat that I enjoyed on several visits to Japan was its onsen (extremely hot baths). Pre-bath showering was rigidly enforced.
I can testify to the relaxing effect on both mind and muscles.
Frank Wilkinson
Bolton, Lancashire
SIR – Hannah Betts’s article (Features, October 19) about earlymorning baths reminded me of when my husband and I worked.
Before leaving at 6am, he would turn on the taps of the bath. I was then forced to get up to turn the taps off, slide into the bath and relax again. It is the perfect way to start the day for those of us who wake up slowly.
Jenny Tarrant
Winkfield, Berkshire SIR – What a relief that I should no longer feel guilty about my lifetime habit of long morning soaks.
Apart from their relaxing aspect, I find that they are an invaluable way to plan the day ahead and go over the previous day’s events. Doona Turner
Horsham, West Sussex
SIR – Professor Norman Morris, who taught obstetrics and gynaecology at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, used to say: “Bath water is a dilute solution of faeces.”
Pamela Taor
Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex
SIR – It’s all very well for Hannah Betts (and Tim Loughton MP), but the time will surely come – as it has to many of us over 70 – when there’s no longer a choice. A bath is almost impossible to get into and completely impossible to get out of. Bruce Parker
Appleshaw, Hampshire