Scotland hiking in Oct - mosquitoes...repellent necessary?
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:40 pm
Hi everyone,
I'm going hiking in Scotland in a couple of weeks and one concern I have is the likelihood of midges/mosquitoes still being a problem. I've read that they can still hang around up to and including October, so does anyone here have any first hand experience of hiking in Scotland in October, and were there any/many of these pesky insects? Would you say it'll be worth bringing an insect repellent?
Thanks,
Jim
I'm going hiking in Scotland in a couple of weeks and one concern I have is the likelihood of midges/mosquitoes still being a problem. I've read that they can still hang around up to and including October, so does anyone here have any first hand experience of hiking in Scotland in October, and were there any/many of these pesky insects? Would you say it'll be worth bringing an insect repellent?
Thanks,
Jim