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Postby JamesL » Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:38 am

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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Postby eyore » Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:44 am

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...


Nothing worse than being bitten on the Ullapool. :toothy4:
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Postby Spud » Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:19 pm

leasky wrote:Avon "Skin so soft" is your friend :)


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.

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 ......
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Postby Spud » Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:20 pm

leasky wrote:Avon "Skin so soft" is your friend :)


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.

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 ......
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Postby Hayden » Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:51 pm

Spud wrote:
leasky wrote:
A true test of midge resistance is a trip to the "Red Squirrel" camp site near Glencoe village.








:lol: very true, been there, tried that....failed!..... :lol:
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Postby slparry » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:54 pm

Hayden wrote:
Spud wrote:
leasky wrote:
A true test of midge resistance is a trip to the "Red Squirrel" camp site near Glencoe village.








:lol: very true, been there, tried that....failed!..... :lol:



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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Postby Mister C (Marsh) » Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:45 pm

Now I'm :mrgreen: Enjoy your jollies, love Scotland :D

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