Member Since: 14 Apr 2017
Location: Behind you
Posts: 1038
NC 500 road trip July 2018
Home for the next two nights near Mallaig
23rd Jul 2018 5:29 am
Someone-Gone
Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117
The first photo is Laggan Dam, 80 miles from Mallaig and no where near the NC500. Mind you unless it’s changed route, neither is Mallaig, hope you’ve got a SatNav
23rd Jul 2018 6:44 am
Maxxed_Ross
Member Since: 13 Mar 2018
Location: Bathgate
Posts: 310
was just about to say the same thing
that's the WC500 you're doing there (West Coast 500) 2013 Discovery 4 HSE Lux | 2001 Defender 90 TD5 | 2007 Prodrive RB320
23rd Jul 2018 8:12 am
Alex08
Member Since: 09 Nov 2006
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 1600
Can almost feel the Midges.......
Hope you had a good time - it was a bit wild yesterday.....
23rd Jul 2018 8:35 am
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6415
fecking Midge I did underestimated it before going to Scotland but we ran for a tent one evening lol
nice area there
23rd Jul 2018 8:43 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73123
Yep, underestimate them at your peril.
23rd Jul 2018 9:05 am
Someone-Gone
Member Since: 21 Dec 2015
Location: Gone
Posts: 5117
They like Tourist blood.
Live up here for a while and you get used to them, so only a minor inconvenience.
23rd Jul 2018 3:58 pm
Maxxed_Ross
Member Since: 13 Mar 2018
Location: Bathgate
Posts: 310
luckily they don't seem to like me
Invest in some smidge, that works fairly well for most people 2013 Discovery 4 HSE Lux | 2001 Defender 90 TD5 | 2007 Prodrive RB320
23rd Jul 2018 4:01 pm
Sea Raider
Member Since: 01 Nov 2016
Location: None
Posts: 4450
They have all upped and left - none left in Argyll
23rd Jul 2018 4:04 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6415
smige was used extensively but worked for a few minutes only lol
midge is like zombie files blood thirsty
23rd Jul 2018 4:22 pm
Davethegeo
Member Since: 01 Oct 2015
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 919
Hardly any midgies further north in Applecross or Lochinver. Pleasantly surprised. A cocktail of Smidge, Citronella and DEET usually has some effect but it does seem to vary year to year.D1 300Tdi - gone
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23rd Jul 2018 8:23 pm
professorpool
Member Since: 19 Mar 2012
Location: Woking
Posts: 3213
How are the midges in August do you think?
And what impact has the hot weather had on them please?
D3 07 SE - still going strong
D3 07 HSE - gone to car heaven
FL1 - gone to Romania
D3 05 HSE - gone to a divorce diet
D1 V8 manual - gone but not forgotten
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Jeeps, Lexus, X-trails... Too many to name..
24th Jul 2018 7:53 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73123
They love the hot weather and are usually out in strength. And not forgetting the horse flies.
24th Jul 2018 7:56 am
highlands
Member Since: 10 Jan 2010
Location: NW Highlands
Posts: 5107
professorpool wrote:
How are the midges in August do you think?
And what impact has the hot weather had on them please?
The very prolonged dry spell we had does seem to mean we have more of them when it is damp (rather than full on wet) but if there is a moderate breeze they are fine, and only particularly bad beginning and end of the day.
Smidge works exceptionally well for me. I've seen some people use it as a spray and complain it doesn't work. It doesn't seem to stop them being around you or landing on you but, as a thin film rubbed on the skin does stop them biting and kills them. If I'm gardening in late summer I can wipe thousands of them from my face, without a single one having bitten.Black 05 TDV6 HSE Auto
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24th Jul 2018 8:04 am
highlands
Member Since: 10 Jan 2010
Location: NW Highlands
Posts: 5107
DSL wrote:
They love the hot weather and are usually out in strength. And not forgetting the horse flies.
You can tell who has washed their cars here as the ones with tree sap on them are like insect magnets.Black 05 TDV6 HSE Auto
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