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midges at Brownstones

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Pauline 29 Jul 2011

Well folks... if you go to Brownstones over the next few days watch out for the dry husks that used to be people who have been sucked dry by the midges!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

stonemaster 29 Jul 2011

In reply to Pauline: Ta. Poor buggers. Will go somewhere breezy instead..

GeoffM 29 Jul 2011

In reply to Pauline:
My sympathies but it did seem like ideal conditions for the
little sods. I normally use skin so soft which worked great ,
then found out the co I work for have released an insect repellant.
I've used it in the quarries and brownstones when the sods where
feeding with good results ie no bites so far

OP Pauline 30 Jul 2011

In reply to GeoffM:
so the company you work for... what is their product called?

btw *I* didnt go to Brownstones... hubby and sprog did! they came back looking like they'd been munched on to within an inch of their lives! lol!

joan cooper 30 Jul 2011

In reply to Pauline: The new all singing and dancing repellent is called SMIDGE

GeoffM 30 Jul 2011

In reply to Pauline:
Sorry should have said , it's called Ultrathon by 3M

Next time they are going to brownstones or Wilton
Try an let me know and I'll see if I can get over, let them try it
If not I think you can buy it from boots

Lankyman 30 Jul 2011

In reply to GeoffM: is that the stuff that's made from bog myrtle? It grows all over the boggier bits of the Highlands (and the Lakes) and I saw a programme on the box a few years ago about Boots funding trials.

GeoffM 31 Jul 2011

In reply to Karl Lunt:
Wouldn't think so, a big group of us went out
To kalymnos, most of them where using to stop mosquitoes biting
at night , it worked on them.