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Is the Borders a midge free zone?
Most of the area is midge free so you can explore some wonderful countryside, enjoying your picnics without being eaten alive.
There are however some of the little critters milling about the forests and in some of the more humid valleys, but compared to the hell of Highland midge high season this is heaven.
At last a truly effective midge repellent is being developed by a Scottish professor. A puffer device will supply naturally occuring chemicals repellent to the carnivorous midge. This is based on the chemicals emitted by midge resistant people (and there are a lucky few).
Until now the only effective midge repellent we've found is Avon's Skin So Soft. It's so greasy that midges seem to drown in it. Why anyone would ever want to use it as perfume is totally beyond us tho'!
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