Your going to SCOTLAND = Midge Hell. Take EVERYTHING, cream, sprays, lamps, the lot YOU WILL NEED THEM. If it's humid and near trees they will be there, the only thing that really gets rid is a slight breeze, if you have electric hook up take a couple of desk fans.
I'm taking the Scouts away this weekend and we are well stocked up with sprays etc. We also have Hurricane lamps which we fill with Citronella Oil which helps a bit.
The natural way to avoid bugs etc is to eat wholgrain bread - the wheatgerm contains vitamin k which is secreated through your sweat glands this repells the bugs. I know this works because I am rarely troubled by insects whilst my kidz who never eat their crusts are always waving their arms around like demented windmills. ( the only time insects annoy me is when a house fly insists on using my baldy head as a landing strip )
im going to portpatrick, just a few miles from garlieston in a few weeks, we go there every year, there are no midges, you are right beside the sea at that site in garlieston. Its very nice. You would deff have a problem if you travel inland.
Quote: Originally posted by mike142sl on 16/6/2006
Your going to SCOTLAND = Midge Hell. Take EVERYTHING, cream, sprays, lamps, the lot YOU WILL NEED THEM. If it's humid and near trees they will be there, the only thing that really gets rid is a slight breeze, if you have electric hook up take a couple of desk fans.
I'm taking the Scouts away this weekend and we are well stocked up with sprays etc. We also have Hurricane lamps which we fill with Citronella Oil which helps a bit.
You forgot to include the flam thrower and electric fence
I take vitamin B1 tablets from april till september, not sure if they work for midges the same but they sure as hell work on those pesky mosquitoes . I live across from a big fisheries and an even bigger wildlife reserve and the first year i was here i was savaged. The bites turn into boils and then large bruises. Started taking these at my local chemists advice and i rarely get bitten now. Just come back from a week on the Norfolk Broads today and not a bite . I get mine from superdrug or Healthspan (available online) depending on which has the best offer................
I have camped around that area for years and there are not a lot of midges about if you go to the east coast of Scotland there is none (hooray)ps nothing works for midges except smoke
I live on the east coast of Scotland...no miggies here! They are a problem some months of the year over west though, June and July being the worst months.
If you`re the sort of person miggies like the taste of, life will be pretty unpleasant for you unless you take a few precautions as outlined above. But just as many people are unattractive to miggies, so you might be lucky.
we both got bitten a few times last weekend, after reading that reveiw i have placed an order, hopefully next time out no more bites will let you know how we get on, if anyone is interested?
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. I live across from a big fisheries and an even bigger wildlife reserve and the first year i was here i was savaged. The bites turn into boils and then large bruises. Started taking these at my local chemists advice and i rarely get bitten now. Just come back from a week on the Norfolk Broads today and not a bite 
