Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
Information => Forum News, Information and Help => Topic started by: dean1970 on August 02, 2012
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Have the midges arrived?
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they never went away you know 8)
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Super.
Couple litres of fly spray then
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Super.
Couple litres of fly spray then
If you or anyone wants some Skin so Soft I can get it as I am now doing Avon selling.
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If you or anyone wants some Skin so Soft I can get it as I am now doing Avon selling.
Ding Dong, Lenny calling! ;D
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If you or anyone wants some Skin so Soft I can get it as I am now doing Avon selling.
Ding Dong, Lenny calling! ;D
Haven't heard that before lol ;)
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Mouth wash spray it over ye,keeps them off :)
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Flame thrower. Nothing like revenge.
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Flame thrower. Nothing like revenge.
Just tilt your gas burner more than 45 degrees in any direction. Done and dusted! ;D
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I've bites from being up Monday and Wednesday.. I'm still recovering from the mozquitos bites when I was in the US.. I hate the wee f'ers..
There is also a lot of Mcflies up there too..
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Even if they dont get to bite, they annoy the hell out of me.
Sounds like walking is over until about October, November?
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I did the seven sevens route on Saturday and didn't get a whole lot of bother from them, apart from a 5 minute stop to fill up water bottles at the Ben Crom River. Boy they got me bad though, I was wailing my arms about like Michael Stipe. Strangely I was able to sit down on the Ben Crom dam for a bite of lunch with not so much as peck on the cheek from them.
Walking is still very much on, just plan your stops a bit higher up and in the breeze.
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agree with whoRya - stopping to refill at the river I literally could see hundreds all over my black kit and my legs and arms are covered in evil bites, but everywhere else was pretty good... even moving along the trail near the river I had no bother. Was only in the shelter of the river cut itself.
So yeah, walking is still on... just don't stop ;D
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they got me on the brandy pad on saturday, wind had dropped for about 10 mins and they were out in droves and had a good feast even though i was moving at a good pace, wind picked up near the hares gap and they were gone again
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I was thinking of getting a camp somewhere, I know the higher with wind is better, but to be honest not sure of any sites that offer this.
Camped last year quite low and had to pack up and go home, total waste of time.
I just find them a real pain and just can't be bothered with them anymore.
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i can usually cope ok with a midge net over my head and gloves on, have had to retire to the tent for a couple of hours when they are at their peak though, bring a good book ;)
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I was considering going up to the bloody bridge campsite this or next weekend..
Would love to this weekend with the weather!
But I'm not one to usually stay in a campsite, and was wondering does anyone have any pictures of the campsite?
I was on their website and they had no decent pictures of it..
Was planning to head up with a few friends, wondering if its worth the travel from Newry
Was going to stay for maybe 2 nights..
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If you use the search option you will come across some pics taken during NI-Wild camps. They will probably give you a better idea of what it's like.
There are a couple of fields that are reasonably level, they're just as you enter the site. The road goes up a bit of a slope where there are other camping areas.
Overall it's basic but does the job.
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Was planning to head up with a few friends, wondering if its worth the travel from Newry
Was going to stay for maybe 2 nights..
Unless you are walking it is hardly a big travel from Newry :D The only downside of the campsite is that being in the shadow of Donard you'll not be seeing much of a sunset.
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I know of a couple of spots that way. Along the normal path off to the right. Beside a river though!!! Where the midges live and eat you >:(