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Subject Topic: midges!!! Post Reply Post New Topic
08/8/2013 at 6:40pm
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I am booked to go stay at Cote Gyhll campsite in Osmotherley in a week's time for 2 nights. Someone at work has told me that the site will be full of midges at this time of year. I absolutely hate midges and if this is the case it will ruin my stay!!

Has anybody been at this time of year and can tell me if it will be bad or not?!!

Thank you x



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08/8/2013 at 9:06pm
 Location: Oxford
 Outfit: helsport Kongsvold
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It can get bad there partiularly in the evenings, we probably have the ideal weather too sunshine and showers and are plumb bang in the middle of midge season. get some decent reppellant and a hat and net to be on the safe side.


08/8/2013 at 9:28pm
 Location: barnsley south yorks
 Outfit: 2012 coachman amara 550 5 ford kuga
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oh i dont envy you we were in the highlands a few years ago and the day we left the midges came out .it was only a few hours but drove me nuts

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09/8/2013 at 7:48am
 Location: Oldham
 Outfit: Ace Award Nightstar
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Get some Smidge that Midge, it's brilliant. We walked through clouds of midges in Scotland and they never touched us. There's something from Avon that is supposed to be good too but I've never tried that but I can recommend Smidge. It's easily obtainable off the net

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09/8/2013 at 11:14am
 Location: Northamptonshire
 Outfit: Freedom Jetstream -
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Another vote for Smidge here.

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09/8/2013 at 12:02pm
 Location: East Lothian
 Outfit: Autocruise Stardream
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Avon 'skin so soft' works really well, they sell it at gas stations i the west of Scotland, make you smell nice too


09/8/2013 at 12:53pm
 Location: Scotland
 Outfit: Coachman Highlander (Amara)
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Tried them all. Smidge wins hands down.


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12/8/2013 at 2:30pm
 Location: Oxford
 Outfit: helsport Kongsvold
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Smidge does work, though funnily enough Avon skin so soft was the favourite of the SAS and works too.


12/8/2013 at 5:29pm
 Location: N E Lincs
 Outfit: Autosleeper Duetto
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I am not shure if it works for midges but we used our plug in thingy for mossies whilst we were in the van and it seemed to keep them away. The Ausies recon vegimite stops you getting bitten. They have proper biting nasty things out there and not all of them fly.

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12/8/2013 at 5:35pm
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Ali



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