Midge advice in Southern Scotland

[Baldy]

Midges are a pain in the erse, but the man-eating seagoing brutes rarely venture South of Glasgow.

You've obviously never been to Galloway.

 

[Slick]

You've obviously never been to Galloway.

Many times, but it pales in to insignificance when you have spent an entire season on a construction site in Eridine.

 

[tinywheels]

https://avon.uk.com/collections/ski...Vis3tCh37tgKsEAAYASAAEgKoUvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Not quite how I remember it, but that seems to be how they package it these days.

I worked in darkest Argyll for years, and this did the trick for me.

I've done glasgow to Southend on a couple of occasions never been bothered by the beasties.
my parents came from the Highlands, perhaps my biological makeup is less attractive than those from different climes.

 

[ColinJ]

I've done glasgow to Southend on a couple of occasions never been bothered by the beasties.
my parents came from the Highlands, perhaps my biological makeup is less attractive than those from different climes.

My mum's side of the family came from the Highlands & Islands. I got my mum's easily burned skin and my dad's appeal to biting beasties!

I went on holiday to Corfu once and was attacked by vicious mosquitos every night. I don't think that my girlfriend and stepdaughter got a single bite between them so there definitely is something about me that beasties like.

 

[Slick]

I've done glasgow to Southend on a couple of occasions never been bothered by the beasties.
my parents came from the Highlands, perhaps my biological makeup is less attractive than those from different climes.

To be fair, some people do react very differently and I think they have never really got to the bottom of why. I'm not too bad against the midge, but on a recent trip to South Africa, I was in tatters whilst others were left untouched.

 

[thinkmalawi]

Thanks all for the midge (and skincare) advice! And also for the route advice Ajax Bay, I'll be taking a closer look at that shortly.

 

[HugoC]

We only had a midge problem on the last morning of the Scottish leg of our LEJOG in July last year, at Bettyhill. To get there we went via Gretna Green, Moffat, East Calder, Perth, Inverness and (of course) the Crask Inn. Maybe we were lucky?

 

[Brandane]

Maybe we were lucky?

Or you didn't stop; that's the best way to avoid being savaged by midges. And your route was a bit easterly, which helps to avoid the worst. Midges are generally Scottish, and as such it is only natural that they prefer the west side of the country!