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which is it, to stop the midges

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windsurfingsteve

hello all,
i know ive read this before but it must have been a few years ago when we were planning to go to the western isles, but never got there....which product do people recommend to use against the midges....im not sure if i can say the company name, but it goes with stratford upon.....thankyou to anyone who answers.....regards steve
 
It's Avon soft and fresh - doesn't work for me though!
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Thought it was Skin so Soft? or is that the same?
Never tried it, but do use Jungle Formula. That does work, my back garden ends at a treeline with a small burn (stream for those south of the border) and we do get our share of midges in the summer.
Robert
 
Hi
Eat marmite sandwiches - they hate the smell that finds its way onto your skin - I have a feeling it might be riboflavin but am not sure. It certainly works for me but then I like marmite!
Stephen
 
Avon Skin So Soft - or SSS. It is fab. We started caravanning 4 years ago and I used to get bitten all the time - i counted 13 bites at one point!! I read a post on here about midgies tried the Skin so Soft - bought it of Ebay, I got the oil, I spray it on after a shower and in a morning you only need a little (stinks like fly spray) but it works a treat. I tried it at one one of the regular sites we go to where I was bit like mad - I wouldn't be without it now. I still have the same bottle. It's worth a try.
 
Two years ago we had six weeks in the Western Isles. Avon Skin So Soft was ok but not perfect. I have the scars to prove it . The weird thing is you don't know you've been bitten until it's too late.

Now get a reality check. It's not all that bad and the trip is well worth it. IMO just don't do it between June and end of August. When I smoked the Mozzies were no problem. So maybe a packet of Benson & Hedges will help.
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hey DD the only way to defeat the "calidonius biteus midgus" is to go to CORNWALL
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been north of the boarder just about every year since 1984 and "NEVER" been bitten
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OOps that should read NEVER BEEN WITHOUT BEING BITTEN and I don't go untill SEPTEMBER,
I've tried every remedy nothing works allways come back with more spots that a leopard.
but I still keep going back just love the place
 
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