"The spirit was already aloft, I was pulling on my boots" - W H Murray, Mountaineering in Scotland
Friday 16 July 2010
Midges
For anyone worrying about midges on their next backpacking trip to Scotland, but not too worried about weight, here's the very thing seen by Loch Morar:
I have watched them crawling through the mesh of the fly screens of my caravan windows. I hope the designers of the Loch Morar item have not succumbed to the same design fault.
The Odyssee - come to think of it I thinks the small versions are called Midge Hoods!
Sir Hugh - I've had the same experience but we were able to get close enough to see that the screen looked more like the mesh on a midge hood than the useless stuff on caravans and motorcaravans.
Wonder if they do a pocket version.
ReplyDeleteYou're an engineer so I wait with interest for the product launch! Don't forget you saw it here first when it comes to sharing royalties Alan!
ReplyDeleteI think Ray Mears may have one already in his Bergen.
ReplyDeleteI have watched them crawling through the mesh of the fly screens of my caravan windows. I hope the designers of the Loch Morar item have not succumbed to the same design fault.
ReplyDeleteThe Odyssee - come to think of it I thinks the small versions are called Midge Hoods!
ReplyDeleteSir Hugh - I've had the same experience but we were able to get close enough to see that the screen looked more like the mesh on a midge hood than the useless stuff on caravans and motorcaravans.