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First bites of the year

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  • MynxMynx Posts: 101

    Had a holiday in Scotland Fairygirl and the lady that ran the campsite always kept that handy for us poor sassenachs who had no idea what to do image.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Ah 'the midge' - it's our secret weapon Mynx .....image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    I was a bridesmaid with a face like a pizza having been midged  the night before.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Take Brewers Yeast tablets daily. Allegedly the smell puts off bitey things. Sorry I have no empirical evidence of this.

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    Brewers yeast and jbl and something from Avon  - is it that stuff with the great smell of brute. If so, I'd rather get bit.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    Brewers yeast doesn't work. I've tried it.image The Avon stuff is actually quite a pleasant smell and stops you looking like a pizza! Needs must when the critters drive B3.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,143

    The Avon stuff really works. I was a real Midge Magnet and swelled up horribly with pustules lasting for days until I got Avon's Skin so Soft Lotion. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904

    Thanks Dove. Splash it all over 'Enry,....I mean B3

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    Nobody ding dongs at my door so I'll see if I can get it online

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,504

    Ordered some on Amazon. Maybe I can go down the end of the garden after midday nowimage

    In London. Keen but lazy.
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