.menu {
  width:940px;
  height:39px;
  position:relative;
  z-index:100;
  
  font-family:Verdana, Sans-Serif;
  font-size:12px;
  letter-spacing:1px;
  text-transform:uppercase;
  
}



/* hack to correct IE5.5 faulty box model */
* html .menu {
  width:940px;
 height:39px;


}

/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {
  padding:0;
  margin:0;
  list-style-type:none;
}
.menu ul ul {
  width:180px;
}

.menu li.first_br_left {
    background: none;
}

/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */
.menu li {
  float:left;
  background:url(../images/border-right.jpg) no-repeat left center;

  /*width:149px;*/
  position:relative;
  list-style-image:none
}

/* style the links for the top level */

.menu a:visited {
  display:block;
  font-size:12px;
  text-decoration:none;
  color:#fff;
  height:39px;
  
}

.menu a {
  display:block;
  font-size:12px;
  text-decoration:none;
  color:#fff;
   line-height:39px;
  padding:0 15px 0 15px;

}

/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {
/*  width:149px;
  w\idth:138px; */
}

* html .menu a {
  
  float:left;

  
}

/* style the second level background */
.menu ul ul a.drop, .menu ul ul a.drop:visited {
  background:#d4d8bd url(http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/breadcrumbs/grey-arrow.gif) no-repeat 130px center;
}

/* style the second level hover */
.menu ul ul a.drop:hover {
  background:#c9ba65 url(http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/breadcrumbs/blue-arrow.gif) no-repeat 130px center;
}
.menu ul ul :hover > a.drop {
  background:#c9ba65 url(http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/breadcrumbs/blue-arrow.gif) no-repeat 130px center;
}

/* style the third level background */
.menu ul ul ul a, .menu ul ul ul a:visited {
  background:#e2dfa8;
}

/* style the third level hover */
.menu ul ul ul a:hover {
  background:#b2ab9b;
}

/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
.menu ul ul {
  visibility:hidden;
  position:absolute;
  height:0;top:39px;left:0;
   width:180px;
 
}

/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {
  top:39px;
  
}

/* position the third level flyout menu */
.menu ul ul ul {
  left:149px;
  top:-1px;
   width:180px;
}

/* position the third level flyout menu for a left flyout */
.menu ul ul ul.left {
 left:-149px;
}

/* style the table so that it takes no ppart in the layout - required for IE to work */
.menu table {
  position:absolute;
  top:0;
  left:0;
  border-collapse:collapse;
}


/* style the second level links */
.menu ul ul a, .menu ul ul a:visited {
  background:#c7eafc;
  color:#000;
  height:auto;
  line-height:20px;
  padding:5px 15px 5px 15px;
    width:230px;
  border-width:0 1px 1px 1px;

}

/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul a, * html .menu ul ul a:visited {
  width:230px;

}

/* style the top level hover */
.menu a:hover, .menu ul ul a:hover {
  color:#000;
  background:#c7eafc;
}

.menu ul ul a:hover {
  color:#fff;
  background:#2e2e2e;
}


.menu :hover > a{
  color:#000;
  background:#c7eafc;
}

.menu ul ul :hover > a {
  color:#fff;
  background:#2e2e2e;
}


/* make the second level visible when hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul a:hover ul{visibility:visible;}

/* keep the third level hidden when you hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul ul{visibility:hidden;}

/* make the third level visible when you hover over second level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul{ visibility:visible;}