tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post3666509131674995513..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Midge HellGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-12663398532838647362017-06-11T11:50:52.709+01:002017-06-11T11:50:52.709+01:00Yes Virginia I'm very fortunate when it comes ...Yes Virginia I'm very fortunate when it comes to midges. Sandflies, on the other hand, can have a really serious effect on me.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-79313996655882844182017-06-11T11:20:20.016+01:002017-06-11T11:20:20.016+01:00My reaction is immediate to any insect stings/bite...My reaction is immediate to any insect stings/bites, so you're quite lucky not to be affected.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-60977488730084533682017-06-04T12:20:21.442+01:002017-06-04T12:20:21.442+01:00Diane if I had even thought that midges might be t...Diane if I had even thought that midges might be that much of a problem indoors and at this time of year I would have had repellent with me and I certainly wouldn't have opened the window. Thinking about it again I had walked all the way out from the centre of Portree after having had dinner and hadn't said 'Hello' to a single midge so why they all decided on my bedroom is a mystery.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-455833970657745632017-06-04T08:38:24.508+01:002017-06-04T08:38:24.508+01:00That must have been a horrible night. Should have ...That must have been a horrible night. Should have screens on the windows or cover your skin with insect repellent. Good luck for your next night.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-26108744789744194462017-06-03T08:38:50.036+01:002017-06-03T08:38:50.036+01:00Lynda I'm sure that you'd dislike them but...Lynda I'm sure that you'd dislike them but for reasons different from a dislike of mozzies.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-55689334129730896092017-06-03T08:38:07.330+01:002017-06-03T08:38:07.330+01:00Monica I certainly will make sure that I have midg...Monica I certainly will make sure that I have midge repellent with me in future however I can truthfully say that I can never recall being attacked like that in a hotel or any bedroom before by midges (but I have by mosquitoes).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-9509206372181395952017-06-03T08:35:28.531+01:002017-06-03T08:35:28.531+01:00Amy for some odd reason I rarely get them indoors ...Amy for some odd reason I rarely get them indoors at home. I've never worked out why.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-91149222204855885052017-06-03T08:34:43.159+01:002017-06-03T08:34:43.159+01:00Kylie mosquitoes bother me more in that I react to...Kylie mosquitoes bother me more in that I react to their bites and I seem to be immune to the midge bites (other than that they leave a mark and are a good nip when they happen). However midges can buzz down your ears and get in your eyes and up your nose which I find very unpleasant indeed.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-47594394608893174362017-06-03T08:30:35.007+01:002017-06-03T08:30:35.007+01:00YP the Visit Scotland ads certainly don't ment...YP the Visit Scotland ads certainly don't mention them but large parts of the Scottish tourist trade acknowledge the reality and even try and profit from it. Whatever the fact that just about every bed in Scotland's West Coast at least was occupied last weekend seems to suggest that the midge isn't winning.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-30794289273447724272017-06-03T08:23:41.309+01:002017-06-03T08:23:41.309+01:00Lee I'm back home a week after the incident an...Lee I'm back home a week after the incident and it already seems like just a bad dream. Sand flies and their ilk are pernicious and their tiny size seems to make them seem even worse. In Western Australia I found the 'ordinary' larger flies in their thousands more annoying.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-30874006492419386822017-06-03T06:48:55.233+01:002017-06-03T06:48:55.233+01:00Yuck! I do dislike mosquitoes a lot so I think I m...Yuck! I do dislike mosquitoes a lot so I think I might dislike midges as well... though I have never heard of them until now.CountryMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14761724941259576940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-44466045721160944922017-05-30T10:48:32.365+01:002017-05-30T10:48:32.365+01:00I'm afraid any dreams I may ever have had abou...I'm afraid any dreams I may ever have had about Scotland have now been turned into nightmares... (I do tend to react strongly to bites from little creatures like that. Luckily, in town where I live it doesn't happen all that often.) Glad to see in a comment that you managed to escape from them and they didn't follow you to Glasgow, though.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-3582882845990069022017-05-30T08:20:58.259+01:002017-05-30T08:20:58.259+01:00eek! midgies are so annoying! we have them here in...eek! midgies are so annoying! we have them here in Summer and always usually keep fly spray in the bedroom.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-58673897813104998572017-05-30T07:22:35.600+01:002017-05-30T07:22:35.600+01:00As Lee say, we do have sandflies or midges here bu...As Lee say, we do have sandflies or midges here but I must go to the wrong places because I have only seen them once. We were on a camping holiday near the beach and they would blacken any bare skin. I nearly scratched myself raw, ghastly things!<br /><br />Mosquitoes bother me a lot less and even though I couldn't catch anything to save my life I have a good record for making a fist around a dive bombing mozzykyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-17056503622631950752017-05-30T03:15:57.269+01:002017-05-30T03:15:57.269+01:00I have experienced the midges of Scotland - thick ...I have experienced the midges of Scotland - thick clouds of them that you breathe in. They drive you away to midge-free places such is the misery they create. Funny how the "Visit Scotland" ads never mention the midgesYorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-28219090876922176912017-05-30T01:59:41.132+01:002017-05-30T01:59:41.132+01:00I hate midges aka sand flies as we sometimes call ...I hate midges aka sand flies as we sometimes call them here...but they love me! I'm already scratching just at the thought of the little pests!!!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-79050150938197293952017-05-28T08:21:52.619+01:002017-05-28T08:21:52.619+01:00Cro as I mentioned earlier I did experience a nigh...Cro as I mentioned earlier I did experience a night with a mosquito in a hotel in Italy: not a pleasant experience.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-57150416118474005082017-05-28T08:20:45.011+01:002017-05-28T08:20:45.011+01:00Jill if I had them at home so would I but I was st...Jill if I had them at home so would I but I was staying in a bed and breakfast establishment away from home with no defences!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-59727021965190513162017-05-28T08:19:43.100+01:002017-05-28T08:19:43.100+01:00Maywyn I would like to think that my general thoug...Maywyn I would like to think that my general thoughts would be such that, if your blog is anything to go by, you would not usually find them incompatible with your philosophy. I'm afraid that that night would have been an exception.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4702207905244424212017-05-28T08:15:32.377+01:002017-05-28T08:15:32.377+01:00Carol I think that had they been listening 'li...Carol I think that had they been listening 'little buggers' would have not offended them but my thoughts certainly would have.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62900308960847351862017-05-28T08:13:37.274+01:002017-05-28T08:13:37.274+01:00Red we are fortunate not to have mosquitoes in Sco...Red we are fortunate not to have mosquitoes in Scotland. I was once in Italy in a screened very large bedroom with a persistent mosquito trapped inside and no spray. In the morning my face was covered in bites and I was not a pretty site.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62797077086198303582017-05-28T08:10:33.736+01:002017-05-28T08:10:33.736+01:00Spesh I'd not lost the will to live fortunatel...Spesh I'd not lost the will to live fortunately (for me) but it was a close thing!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-14931083953224892592017-05-28T08:08:14.601+01:002017-05-28T08:08:14.601+01:00Kay I expect the gnats and the midges are relative...Kay I expect the gnats and the midges are relatives or perhaps just Scottish Midges with a Southern drawl. Either way they are all deeply unpleasant. Although when they are about they will come into my conservatory at home if I have all the windows and doors open I can't ever recall having them invade my house. If I do find some in the house it's usually because they came in on my clothes or in my hair after I've been in the garden.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-32116789220151979932017-05-28T08:02:54.022+01:002017-05-28T08:02:54.022+01:00Meike if I had been allergic or even reacted badly...Meike if I had been allergic or even reacted badly to midge bites I would have been in a bad way.It was just the fact that the nip they give is enough to make sleep a little difficult and they crawl into your ears and eyes even if they don't bite. I did have a lot of little red bite marks all over me yesterday morning but most have gone already. A perfect subject for a Thankful Thursday post or for playing the Glad Game.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-72736930172805046832017-05-28T07:57:09.275+01:002017-05-28T07:57:09.275+01:00Serenata I'm now in Glasgow and after a wonder...Serenata I'm now in Glasgow and after a wonderful night's sleep with the windows open and not a midge to be seen I can look back and smile and I've mended the broken link.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com