Thanks for all the advice, fellow sufferers! I'm another who's started with hayfever late, just a couple of years ago. My main symptom is sore eyes - I've had to come in from the garden today with them streaming and red. I do take loratidine, which helps to some extent, but I must say I'm concerned about the hair loss some have reported, as I have little enough hair at the best of times. Having read all the above I've added a Beconase spray to the Sainsburys order that's coming tomorrow. It's actually half price at the moment, so fingers crossed it turns up!
To obliterate your address on packaging
sticky labels on apples - remove before washing!