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 HumphreyJ20 26 Jun 2014
I have been to The Roaches a few times within the past week or so, every time I have been recently we have been plagued with very annoying midges!!(especially when standing at the bottom of a climb belaying)
I have tried a few natural remedies and also a shop bought spray which didn't work!

Does anyone have and solutions that they feel may work for me maybe a brand of spray that works very well?
In reply to HumphreyJ20:

Jungle Juice roll on super strength is doing me good at the moment and I can attract the beggers from across county lines.
 mattrm 26 Jun 2014
In reply to HumphreyJ20:

These work well:

http://www.midgejacket.co.uk/
 Run_Ross_Run 26 Jun 2014
In reply to mattrm:

> These work well, if you wanna look a berk


There, fixed that for you matt
OP HumphreyJ20 26 Jun 2014
In reply to Pepper:

I think I best get some of that then to give it a try

Thanks for the reply!
OP HumphreyJ20 26 Jun 2014
In reply to Run_Ross_Run:

yeah I don't think I will be going that far to look like a berk haha! think I would rather just let them bite me!
 Bulls Crack 26 Jun 2014
In reply to HumphreyJ20:

Skin so Soft deters them...and is kind to your skin! I look 10 years younger now
In reply to HumphreyJ20:

Smidge that midge -- the new (supposedly) super deet free repellant is on sale all over the UK. http://midgeforecast.co.uk/smidge/stockists/

We bought some on a recent trip to Islay, and it either worked well, or the little buggers were nowhere to be seen as it was quite breezy!
In reply to HumphreyJ20:

Wilmas Nordic Summer Insect Repellent

The smoke from the open fires made up with fungi or dry rot protected the aborigines of northern Scandinavia as well as their reindeer from the mosquito plague.


http://www.woodland-ways.co.uk/buy-online-wilmas-nordic-summer-insect-repel...

This stuff works for me - nothing like covering yourself in dry rot, smoke and fungus

Think Arnold Schwarzenegger in predator - when he's covered in mud.
 GrahamD 26 Jun 2014
In reply to HumphreyJ20:

limestone works well this time of year
 Alex@home 26 Jun 2014
In reply to GrahamD:

usually for sure. smalldale seems to be an exception to that rule though. nothing like the clouds of moorland midges but i've had enough there to be irritating
In reply to GrahamD:

They even found me there!
 Duncan Bourne 26 Jun 2014
In reply to HumphreyJ20:

> yeah I don't think I will be going that far to look like a berk haha! think I would rather just let them bite me!

Oh you say that now but wait till you are there at that belay with the little feckers crawling all over you eyes, in your mouth, up your nostrils like a plague of tiny piranhas.

I'd have spent good money to look like a berk on Etive slabs as the little barstewards devoured me.
 ChrisJD 26 Jun 2014
In reply to HumphreyJ20:

Might not fit in the rucsac..

http://www.rgk.co.uk/acatalog/Midge_Magnets.html
 deepsoup 26 Jun 2014
In reply to Duncan Bourne:
I was just thinking the same. If you're still worried about looking like a berk, you're not really being attacked by midges; they're just playing with you.
 deepsoup 26 Jun 2014
In reply to ChrisJD:
You can make your own midge traps apparently, out of an old pop bottle, some yeast, water and a sweaty sock. Quite a bit cheaper than those, but no idea how effective.
Has anyone tried that at a crag?
 Offwidth 26 Jun 2014
In reply to HumphreyJ20:

I found a midge net really handy when climbing in bearable conditions that might change suddenly: sunny light-wind days as dusk or clouds approach. Nothing worse than a final belay where you cant focus where the climber is suffering and might slip as well.

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