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| 1. Author: Big T Par Date: Wed 2nd Jul 2025. 18:59 Got stranded last night between Inverness and Fort William, for 8 hours last night, after my works van broke down. Had the joy also, of a French driver, hitting my van as I was up on the verge. Absolute nightmare, but anyways, that`s not my major problem. I have been eaten alive by midges and I have reacted horribly to them. Everywhere is covered in lumps, bumps and are as itchy as FCUK. Tried antihistamines, calomine lotion and nothing is helping. Anyone got any advice on what to put on them. Happy to hear anything that may help, even auld wives tales. Many thanks for any advice 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Reply |
| 2. Author: buffy Date: Wed 2nd Jul 2025. 19:06 Try peein on them Works for jellyfish stings, apparently ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 3. Author: Big T Par Date: Wed 2nd Jul 2025. 19:13 😩😩👍 Reply |
| 4. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Wed 2nd Jul 2025. 19:22 Are you sure it was just midges and it wasn’t horseflies? If it wad the latter, I really feel your pain, as their bites and the aftermath are horrific. Either way surprised anti-histamines haven’t worked :/ Reply |
| 5. Author: Big T Par Date: Wed 2nd Jul 2025. 19:27 Dave_1885, Wed 2 Jul 19:22 They looked like midges mate. Might be, cos I`m struggling with the amount of them and they`re sore as well as itchy Reply |
| 6. Author: Buspasspar Date: Wed 2nd Jul 2025. 19:27 BREAKING INVERNESS LOCAL NEWS Tranent man being questioned by local constabulary after French tourists reported seeing him expose himself and pee on his body and any thing that flies Also reported him shouting FKN Midges and FKN French CONNASSE We are forever shaped by the Children we once were Reply |
| 7. Author: parsmad68 Date: Wed 2nd Jul 2025. 19:45 I am not a specialist but I have been told that if you put a spoon in boiling water then place on the bite it kills the proteins. The only issue when I tried it was my skin got blisters 🤦♂️ as the spoon was way too hot. But it did lessen the issue by a number of days. Other than that lather hunners of anti itch cream. Reply |
| 8. Author: Big T Par Date: Wed 2nd Jul 2025. 20:37 Buspasspar, Wed 2 Jul 19:27 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Reply |
| 9. Author: Big T Par Date: Wed 2nd Jul 2025. 20:37 parsmad68, Wed 2 Jul 19:45 I`ll give that a try. Cheers mate Reply |
| 10. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Wed 2nd Jul 2025. 22:29 The midges, the midges, I`m no gonnae kid ye`s, The midges is really the limit, Wi teeth like pirhanas, they drive ye bananas, If ye let them get under yer simmit! Reply |
| 11. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Thu 3rd Jul 2025. 01:13 An oat bath. Much like the dock leaf growing next to the stingy nettle we have been cursed with the midge but blessed with the all-healing porridge.  Reply |
| 12. Author: PARrot Date: Thu 3rd Jul 2025. 04:59 Lemon juice helps mosquito bites. Might work with their wee cousins too. I mean proper juice from a lemon not lemonade. Reply |
| 13. Author: red-star-par Date: Thu 3rd Jul 2025. 07:34 I remember years ago, heading up to Gairloch we stopped at Loch Maree. It was looking amazing totally flat, like a mirror so I got out the car to take a photo and then a dark cloud of midges descended on me. When we got to Gairloch and I had to pitch a tent they were 10 times worse, I was bitten all over, there was over 100 bites. The pain from them got worse over a few days and I actually ended up using lemon juice, dabbing the lemons on toast myself, which did give some relief, between that and warm baths. It was quite an ordeal. Over the course of about a week it felt like I had the flu Reply |
| 14. Author: Big T Par Date: Thu 3rd Jul 2025. 08:28 Brill. Thanks for the advice lads. Porridge bath and lemons it is 👍 Reply |
| 15. Author: THE_TECHNICIAN Date: Thu 3rd Jul 2025. 09:38 Avon Skin so Soft is stuff i use at the fishing, works a treat. Reply |
| 16. Author: Big T Par Date: Thu 3rd Jul 2025. 10:03 THE_TECHNICIAN, Thu 3 Jul 09:38 👍 Reply |
| 17. Author: Paralex Date: Thu 3rd Jul 2025. 22:12 Sadly Big T, some people react worse to midge bites than others. We used to get them big style in Aviemore, in July. Didn`t bother me at all, but my pal came out in big lumps. Hope you recover soon and sorry to hear about your problems with the van. Reply |
| 18. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Thu 3rd Jul 2025. 22:19 Paralex, Thu 3 Jul 22:12 Don’t worry his looks won’t improve Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte  Reply |
| 19. Author: Big T Par Date: Fri 4th Jul 2025. 00:39 AdamAntsParsStripe, Thu 3 Jul 22:19 I`d be offended if it was coming from anyone but yourself, Mr Pitt Cheers PA, still suffering, but I`m being a brave soldier 💪💪 Reply |
| 20. Author: Dumpster Date: Sat 5th Jul 2025. 15:13 Feel your pain. Just back from the West Coast. Got caught out one morning received lots of midges bites. Wasn’t until 24 hrs later that the bumps showed. Legs were particularly bad, but calmed down after a couple of days, thankfully. Reply |
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