I thing the little blighters can pop up just about anywhere given the right conditions. Had a walk round to our local shops the other evening, they were everywhere. I was ducking batting them off the whole way and then had to be careful not to bring any back inside with me. Weve lived here for 26 years and Ive never experienced any Midge problems at all before. It seems it was only that one day as they have now gone.
Dave.

I've gone for the vitamin B1 supplement and the Avon Skin So soft Oil and dry body spray. I don't think I could cope with the net. I've been on quite a few stretches of PW before and haven't been bothered by midges although I have never walked in the Cheviots before. I do remember a dutch lad who was nearly eaten alive in his tent at Keld and was banging on the hostel door, begging for a bed!

It is rain folowed by sun that does it and boy has there been some rain.

See you on the 17th August, Joy! Have a cuppa on for about 3pm!

Well completed it! I didnt need any midge repellant in the end, it must have been the vitamin B1 supplements I was taking, that made me smell like a brewery or was that the beer I was drinking? Anyway thanks to everyone I met on the Way. Thanks Colin and Joyce for your kind hospitality, good food and good beer! I left at 6.30 and got there for 4.30pm on the final day! Sodden and tired but happy! Yes, you do have a ski slope with a mighty bog on top!

Glad to managed to avoid a waist deep mud bath. Well done