Super-strength horseflies too. G/f and I were both bitten through our trousers somewhere up near Ullapool; she ended up with a crater in her leg the size of a half crown which took a fortnight to heal, using some antibiotic Polyfilla stuff to fill the hole...
And happy memories of Kiwi sandflies...
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Nothing worse than being bitten on the Ullapool.JamesL wrote:Super-strength horseflies too. G/f and I were both bitten through our trousers somewhere up near Ullapool; she ended up with a crater in her leg the size of a half crown which took a fortnight to heal, using some antibiotic Polyfilla stuff to fill the hole...
And happy memories of Kiwi sandflies...

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Ahh, but not the new revised in the last couple of years fragrance. I don't know if they removed a key ingredient (citronella?) or if the little sods have developed an immunity but it's not what it was.leasky wrote:Avon "Skin so soft" is your friend
A true test of midge resistance is a trip to the "Red Squirrel" camp site near Glencoe village. The midges there regard Avon's finest as a marinade ......
Ahh, but not the new revised in the last couple of years fragrance. I don't know if they removed a key ingredient (citronella?) or if the little sods have developed an immunity but it's not what it was.leasky wrote:Avon "Skin so soft" is your friend
A true test of midge resistance is a trip to the "Red Squirrel" camp site near Glencoe village. The midges there regard Avon's finest as a marinade ......
Hayden wrote:Spud wrote:leasky wrote:
A true test of midge resistance is a trip to the "Red Squirrel" camp site near Glencoe village.
very true, been there, tried that....failed!.....
see there's the problem right there.... if I'm spending all day in the saddle of a motorbike I want a room, bed, restaurant and bar..... roughing it , and only in extreme circumstances, would be not having an en suite bathroom

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