A smelly travelling question

lostinrates

This is an odd question, for which I apologise.


DH likes shellfidsh and aspires to wards building a (big sigh) grotto in the garden lined with shells of see food he's eaten. We have a bin full of them here.:o:o

However, he's got a new collection where he is living overseas, they are particularly lovely shells. He says he's washed them several times and they still smell. I'm sure I could get them clean....I have all the others, but the question is how to get them here without stinking out his luggage:mad: and causing annoyance for fellow passengers. :o:o


So far he has been keeping them in the freezer. Should he bring them home this weekend....in layers of knotted bin bags....say, half a dozen? or should I ask him to leave them there and tell him to wash them in biological washing stuff when he gets back?


They do really whiff....I got a brief insight last weekend, but no time to do anything about it...and he has added to the collection since then:D
Any other ideas?

lostinrates

no ideas at all? Thats not like OS!

I think I'll ask him to leave them there and give them another wash when he gets back and try and get the stench out of them himself.

CH27

I'd bleach them.

Riversong

CH27 wrote: »

I'd bleach them.

This.

And put them in ziplock bags on the journey home.

BitterAndTwisted

Flipping heck! Sounds like he's thinking of importing a biohazard. I reckon those shells need to be boiled up a couple of times before being packed at the very least

lostinrates

Thank you all. I shall ask him to leave them there for the weekend and follow these suggestions next week.

Apollonia

lostinrates wrote: »

However, he's got a new collection where he is living overseas,

Where have the shells come from? You may find that an import licence is needed to bring sea shells into the UK. If any of the shells are from protected or endangered species there would be a hefty fine.

Customs might also require some proof that any legal shells have been sterilised so he didn't bring any creatures and/or diseases into the country.

I'd be more concerned about these issues than the smell, TBH.

lostinrates

Apollonia wrote: »

Where have the shells come from? You may find that an import licence is needed to bring sea shells into the UK. If any of the shells are from protected or endangered species there would be a hefty fine.

Customs might also require some proof that any legal shells have been sterilised so he didn't bring any creatures and/or diseases into the country.

I'd be more concerned about these issues than the smell, TBH.

Belgium. They are fairly standard european fair, but the shells are really beautiful...e.g. scallop shells, and one I don't know which is a beatiful purple colour. Much nicer than his collection here which is mainly oysters and mussels and clams. (but whiff free!). Neither of us even thought about import restrictions, but I'll ask him to check that...which he should be able to do very easily. Thank you!






I didn't even think about importing issues.