Re: Midges, Again.

Peter Clinch <p.j.clinch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Alan White wrote:
A few weeks ago it was suggested that there would be fewer midges this
year because the cold winter would have killed a lot of larvae.

Today, we suffered the worst invasion for some years.

Be warned.

We were quite effectively suppered-upon on Arran a couple of weekends
ago :-(

And I've learned that DEET and contact lenses don't combine very well!

Roos
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