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Hi, we are new to camping, been away once and loved it, and are now thinking about taking our summer holiday in our tent.  I have read the threads/horror stories! about midges and wondered if anyone out there could give us an idea of what areas they tend to be worse.  My eldest reacts really badly to bites and although I know we can't avoid midges etc completely it would make sense not to camp on a site thats known to be plagued by them  I really like the look of the C&CC site at Keswick but I'm concerned there might be loads of midges due to the lake.

Avoid still water - rivers should be ok as mozzies dont lay their eggs in moving water. Use a proper repellent with deet in it like LifeSystems Expedition Plus, citronella never worked for me unless I was to bath in the stuff - they just bite the bits you miss - ears, eybrows etc. - cover up in the early evening, spray everywhere and they should be ok.

martin

Devon - we don't get hardly any .... and they LOVE me!  When we lived in Weston Super Mare I got eaten alive by mozzies the size of which I haven't seen since I was in Brazil!!!

Jackie