Loch long

[breezeblock]

Originally Posted by Perroboy

Midgies started this week!! We have had no rain in our part of Argyll for 10 days or more so they are thirsty! Skin So Soft is hopeless imho!! Smidge is the potion of choice. Hope you get the weather it has been amazing here and still is.

anything with deet in it seems to work ok

[Proudy]

Haha.. They don't seem to sleep. Fingers crossed for not much rain which will help!!
Are you staying on the site where the lodges are now or the next one up? I've stayed on both and as far as I was aware the site was closing and they where putting an hotel on it?


Cheers

[Xk59D]

Go to a fishing shop and buy a midge net baseball cap. That and some smidge is all you can do.

It is meant to be wet next few days so they will be out in force.

Skin so soft used to work but they must have changed the formula last couple of years or the midge population love it now.

[Mantaclause]

I have already bought some skin so will see if it still works.we are staying in one of the the lodges , we are really looking forward to it now just hoping that the weather is good.

[Poly]

Skin so soft does still help, not as a repellent, but if applied thickly enough they seem unable to bite through it. Smidge is better repellent. Beware it can mark some plastics (don't spray it on your car dashboard!) However if they are really bad a net is the only way to go. Breathing in midge is unpleasant.

At the end of May though they shouldn't be too bad. They don't need a blood meal when first hatched, they breed and lay a set of eggs, then come looking for a meal to develop a second brood!

They don't even need to bite to be really unpleasant.

Not sure if anyone has tips for keeping them out your tent as that is your one area of sanctuary!

[beamishken]

It's a good excuse to be out on the water anyway as they don't bother you as much on the water, Idoubt they will catch you at anything over 10 kts

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Poly

Not sure if anyone has tips for keeping them out your tent as that is your one area of sanctuary!

Cut out & keep one of these handy.....

[beamishken]

We have one of those above the fire keeps the kids away

Now behave have you seen the rules we'll be in bother

[Poly]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Cut out & keep one of these handy.....
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The midges might be the least of your worries then... you'll have both ends of political spectrum queuing up 1. To worship at your altar and 2. To tell you you are totally wrong. I can think of nothing worse than having a peaceful holiday interrupted by such idiots...

...well other that a sensible thread on an Internet forum being taken over by them!

[lightning]

We went to the other Loch Long at Sallachy up near the Kyle of Lochalsh last year, it was just fantastic.
Had the Loch to ourselves every day. Very quiet though not for everybody.
The Glen is owned by a Russian. He's closed the road to cars so on a mountain bike ride up the Glen we saw nobody at all in three hours.
There are two abandoned houses in perfect condition and a smaller Loch, it's a bit of a strange place.
The track continues to the Falls of Glomach ("Falls of Gloom") and it's a pretty accurate description.
Beautiful though.

[Proudy]

Are there any campsites still open round loch long where you can take a motor home and of course launch a boat? The sites we used previously have either closed or put lodges on!

[Last Tango]

Originally Posted by lightning

We went to the other Loch Long at Sallachy up near the Kyle of Lochalsh last year, it was just fantastic.
Had the Loch to ourselves every day.

Different Loch Long.

I was there last year as well, Perfect for water skiing.

[Mantaclause]

Well we are back at home after a great holiday here's a few pics

[Mantaclause]

[Jerry]

Mantaclause, what is the black net around the fuel tank for?

[Brian]

Probably to hold the tank in place?

And get some sleep Jerry! 2.30 indeed.

[Mantaclause]

Originally Posted by Jerry

Mantaclause, what is the black net around the fuel tank for?

It's just to try to hold the fuel tank in place, it's just a stretchy cargo net for a motorcycle but the tank still moves around as there is only one d ring it the front of the boat.

[Mikefule]

Lovely part of the world. I've spent time up there with a dive club and RIBs, and with friends, and also solo with a SIB. Memories of the loch surface being so still and smooth that I could see the reflections of individual leaves on the trees on the hillside. I rowed out from Ardgarten one evening to dive "conger reef". Also drove over Rest and Be Thankful and launched onto Loch Fyne. Great part of the world.