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i couldn't help but answer this ( and my husband will prob kill me! lol), but 12 years ago when we first got together we went camping to roundhill new forest.

After waking up from an afternoon sleep ( like u do when ure young!) my husband scarily discovered a tic in a region that is probably the worst u can think of for a man!!

As u can imagine immense panick set in, the vodka didn't work!, the tweezers wouldn't grip! so it was a dash to Lymington A+E, where a rather embaressed doc took it out, won't scare u with the gore but it envolved a sharp needle and a crying man. Apparently u have to be careful not to leave the head in! He then had a course of anti-biotics.

Look i don't want to scare anyone (oops, have i?) but Lymes disease can be serious, and one thing i've learnt now back to camping as a family is, tent with sewn in groundsheet!, tic remover comes with us, and if u go for a sleep in the day always do the fly sheet up!

Happy Camping!

I  found one  attached  to the back of my leg about 3 days after being in a sheep and  deer area ,  went to  minor injuries  and they  removed it but  had to cut a patch of skin out and stitch up after as the mouth stayed in . also was given a weeks  antiboitics just in case .   

Dont go walking through sheepfields  in jeans and  open toed  sandals  is my  advice  and stay out of the long grass  and also thouroughly check  yourself afterwards if you do  as mine was on  the back of my knee  for 3 days and  i didnt notice till it got accidentally hit and  it stang ,  was pea sized grey lump by then too . 

 shudder !!!!

Just don't camp under the trees in the New Forest...falling branches can kill!!

...not to mention the earwigs

Quote: Originally posted by FriendOfOwls on 20/1/2010

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The New Forest?  I'd be more worried about the wild boar...

FoO

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Lol! You really are so reassuring.

I'm assured by a friend who lives near Rye, where there are loads of wild boar, that they are very shy and hard to spot.

 

Ha Ha - been learning a lot about ticks and Lyme's in the past year as my wife was thought to have been suffering from the disease. Last January she developed saucer big, very deep, open sores on her thigh that made the nurse go "oooh, uuuuum, that's nasty". Now, 12 months later, the same thing began to display, so we went to GP and she had 6 weeks of Anti Bs and blood screening. Turns out, no Lyme's and no idea what it could have been - but Anti Bs have helped. What's worth this reply? Well, we keep our horses on the edge of the New Forest where deer and antilope play, okay - just deer. We do find ticks on the horses, even my cat, but haven't actualy found any on us. We walk through long grass all year, in Summer I wear shorts and sandals while 'her outdoors' wears shorts and hiking boots - no problem so far after 10 years in this location. So, don't panic, ticks not that bad and looking for them can provide hours of intimate fun - if you can stay awake after a day in the open, that is.

Now the Blandford Fly is another beastie entirely. Used to live in Blandford and hated the things. But B'ford is bad luck for me. Been back twice in past three years to my regret. First time, parking ticket on my bike which was parked between two cars who didn't get a ticket. Then last time I was testing a new Gold Wing Honda for the paper and parked to take a pic. Only had one set of keys so I laid them on my jacket which was hanging out of the top box - that way the box couldn't shut. Or so I thought. As I was setting up the shot a helpful chap folded the jacket into the box and shut it. Four hours later the AA gave up trying to break into the box, or bridge the electics, and driled the lock out. As I was telling the Honda dealer, who didn't have a spare key, the very nice man was turning the lock into so much swarf - what a nightmare of a day. Keys now stay in my pocket - but oddly, I didn't see any flys that day.

Soon be warm and tempting out there.

Have fun.

Tony