It doesn't work. But you can find lots of info on that. And all that posts on forum and signs on fences to scare of trespassers are ridiculous. But I guess they work for someone.lonewolf wrote: see link above.
Welcome to ScotlandJ23 wrote:Hi. Maybe somebody will help me here. I plan bicycle trip, probably next year. It will be probably Lake District or Yorkshire Dales - I want to keep it spartan simple, no campsites, no bathrooms, sleeping on fields in tent/bivi with woodfire - do you think it is possible without being kicked out from the land?
sorry. already found info
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52767
http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/visiting ... ildcamping
. I suspect we have a more relaxed attitude to wild camping because there is still a massive area of truly wild land available and, perhaps because of the midges, relatively few are hardy enough to camp whilst they're biting. My daughter has just come back from a 3 day camp/hike and is badly bitten, even being covered to the neck and the wrist, using a good quality midge net and Jungle Formula. It may be worth mentioning here, re Midges, that the pharmacist recommended Vitamin B for this. I hot-footed it to Holland & Barrett and the girl there knew immediately it was Vit B1 (thiamine, I think). Apparently, all the West Highland Way walkers take it. Hopefully we won't stink from taking it, but apparently the wee blighters don't like the smell. My daughter and I have already started taking it. Anyone else had any success with this. Anyone bugging out/camping in Scotland needs to know that, although midges won't kill you, even a few biting will drive you insane, which is why I haven't even considered it - yet .
Good to know! Now that I've had time to check, the pharmacist wrote down Vit B Complex, but at H&B the girl immediately went for Vit B1 - she takes it herself for midges and swears it does work (you have to remember she's selling the stuff, though - cynical, me? - neverdiamond lil wrote:Yes, there is truth in this. My hubby has pernicious anaemia and gets monthly B12 jabs. Midges never bite him. So i got a bottle of sublingual B12 on amazon and tried it last summer, and didn't get nearly as much trouble wi the wee sods. Might go on to take B-complex as well, see how that works.
!) Probably Vit B Complex just covers the lot. Was told by pharmacist that if you feel tingling/numbness to stop taking them - you'll have a bit too much in your system. I think my daughter and I will take them every day for a week or so and then maybe every other day and see how we go. I am, for the first time, hopeful I won't spend the whole summer fighting midges every time I dig in the garden. There's a particular time of year when the female midges seem to swarm and are really vicious and the only thing you can do is get away from them. Apparently, they need extra blood to produce their young.
