In message , Janet Baraclough
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We use down duvets, but I've wanted to get a few more Hungarian goose
down pillows (the BEST) - but have been put off at the thought of bird
flu. Do you suppose I'm silly?

HDG pillows are bliss. Incidentally, you can get a good reduction on
them by putting yourself on the mailing list of The White Company, and
waiting for their sale reductions+post free offers which happen at least
4 times a year. They are washable/dryable in domestic sized machines
and come up like new (I've done it).In between launderings, you can
reduce dustmites by sealing the pillows in an airtight plastic bag and
putting them in the freezer.

Janet.

Whee, mind at rest, I'm off to the White Company! We had a HGD duvet
(straight from Hungary); when it became too elderly (I won't even say
how old!) we composted it and replaced it with a regular goosedown one,
and although loads better than synthetic or even feather and down, it
just isn't quite the same....



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Klara, Gatwick basin