Midges! They're here! Ruuuuunnn!!!! Aaarrgghhh!

[British Red]

It would suit the "Granny Weatherwax of BCUK" image though.....

 

[TurboGirl]

according to a guy we have spent a week with in lairg . avon so soft

Good call, Joe- my man used that when he was working up there for 6 month... absolutely wonderful but one of the gang refused to wear 'womens perfume'. Apparently he was a human version of a sacrificial anode in sea water

 

[Chiseller]

i was just about to ask whats good for getting rid of them, or keeping them off you, im thinking lotions and potions though, for when your walking etc etc...

A crown of nettles is said to work???

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[Chiseller]

according to a guy we have spent a week with in lairg . avon so soft

I know a couple of stalkers that swear by it.

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[Toddy]

Smoking a pipe works well, but I'm guessing it's not Mary's preferred solution.

Funny you should say that
Well, sort of. I've never smoked but my Dad smoked a pipe and I like the smell of that tobacco. He swore it kept the midgies off too. I really, really, don't like cigarette tobacco smell though You know that cigarette tobacco manufacturers are the biggest consumers of high terpene level essential oils ? 599 accepted adulterants of cigarette tobacco. Not much 'just leaves' left in that stuff. Mangled and processed like mechanically recovered meat.
I know any smoke in quantity isn't good for the lungs, etc., but it's no wonder that stuff leaves smokers with lungs like black fungus
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2040350/

Each to their own though.


Sorry, gone a bit OT

cheers,
M

 

[Chiseller]

I chew tobacco an they don't like being spat on lol

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[tinderbox]

I'll have a pipe while setting up camp in the evening, and getting the fire going. If it's midge in the morning it's a midge net on the head and liner gloves. I also put a sprig of bog myrtle in the tent. Avon-so-Soft definitely works, but in my experience the effect wears off after half an hour or so. If I'm on the move I'll try and outrun them, the little blighters are poor flyers with a maximum speed of only about two miles per hour.

Never ever take a train to Fort William they ambush you at the station.

 

[Mikey P]

Avon Skin-so-soft is much more pleasant on the skin and nose than DEET but, as mentioned above, you have to reapply fairly often and it doesn't seem to work for sone insects. Having served all over the world, from jungle to desert, strong DEET has been the only 100% reliable insect repellent I've used. Shame it melts your watch...