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Dante stopped at nine circles of hell only because he had never been to Glen Brittle during midge season.....
Scots Midge or Yorkshire Midge?
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Dante stopped at nine circles of hell only because he had never been to Glen Brittle during midge season.....
Same but different….one will suck the life force out of you, the other is a small flying insect….
caorach
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So what’s the remedy for these little devils?. The reason I ask is , I am going up to Perth a week Friday for a long weekend stalking
I made this video especially for you:
The worst I have ever had were in the Cairngorms whilst hillwalking. My wife actually lost her mind that day, running in circles squealing! Midges all the way from the car park to 3300ft. Warm, humid, no wind. Not a good day and it took a while for the bumps to go down.
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So what’s the remedy for these little devils?
Hayduke
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^ This refers to Muntjac also
If the current weather pattern remains you will be fine.The wee sods don't like anything more than a gentle breeze
glasshalffull
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The Ulster Scot's hybrid is a also viscous beast many a footed turf was cursed wey a jumper knotted over ones head 
Hayduke
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Fixed it:
Yorkshire and English midge are like Dads Army or the Combined Cadet Force
Scottish midge are like SAS of the insect world.
Hayduke
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Cover yourself in lots of Deet and the highest strength permethrin you can buy online from abroad. If your plastic watchstrap and polyester clothing hasn’t melted away in five minutes it isn’t enough do it again. To be sure you’re using enough, all the fish and aquatic insects downstream of your local water treatment works need to be belly up after you’ve taken a shower.So what’s the remedy for these little devils?
Or watch Caorach’s excellent video.
Don’t bother with Skin So Soft, it’s sh!te for serious midge.
Unless you find old stock of skin so soft (pre noughties.)
caorach
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As far as I can discover the "old" Skin So Soft contained some citronella as part of the perfume, basically it was in there by accident. It has some modest midge repelling effect but is extremely volatile and so this effect only lasts for a very short while. It is useful if you are faced with an especially challenging episode of Countryfile and Karen from Facebook is going to join you but she's worried if her kids might get bitten but pretty much sod all use for anything else in the real world.
If you are going to be faced with midges and there is a genuine chance they might ruin your day then get a chemical that was engineered to do the job rather than waving moisturising cream around in the hope that it might work, if you are going with that approach you'd be better just hitting them with the bottle.
So what’s the remedy for these little devils?
lambic
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If they are anything like the sand flies in top end at Darwin, then agree for sure.
Ettrick reiver
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Argyll, Cowal peninsula midges are vicious. Legend has it that FC staff used to get paid extra “midge time”
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Heym SR20
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I have been told that the old way Scottish way of dealing with trouble makers, rapists etc was to tie them up naked for the midges. You would loose your mind very quickly.
And think very very very carefully before squeezing that trigger. Is there standing in a howling gale, or can it easily be dragged to where there is a howling gale.
If you think the midges are bad, just try starting a gralloch.
And then there are Scottish Cleggs. I would far rather be attacked by Tetse flies in Africa.
The only solution for midges is a full on midge suit. There is no protection for cleggs.
And its also why Scots leave the west coast to tourists in July and August to do the midge dance.
And think very very very carefully before squeezing that trigger. Is there standing in a howling gale, or can it easily be dragged to where there is a howling gale.
If you think the midges are bad, just try starting a gralloch.
And then there are Scottish Cleggs. I would far rather be attacked by Tetse flies in Africa.
The only solution for midges is a full on midge suit. There is no protection for cleggs.
And its also why Scots leave the west coast to tourists in July and August to do the midge dance.
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