Ticked-off

PaddyPaws said:

Parasite report:

Out cycling this evening in the Loch Awe area and came home with a
passenger in the form of a tick embedded into the abdominal corpulence.
Applied vaseline, which made the little basket wriggle and tickle like
mad. Popped in to visit my neighbour, a retired gamekeeper, and
mentioned the infestation in passing, and he very kindly removed it
cleanly with tweezers. This is way beyond neighbourliness in my book!
The trick is to pull sharply and firmly straight out from the site of
the tick and this will remove the beastie without decapitation.
Off to the vet's in town tomorrow to get some tick tweezers to stash in
the walking jacket ...

Pah, that's nothing. As a 16 year old lad I had to get my *Mother*
to remove a tick from the unreachable bit behind my soft pink hangy down
things. I've never ever ever been quite so mortified in all my life!

--
Nobby

Just HOW short are your arms??

PaddyPaws said:

Just HOW short are your arms??

It wsn't the reaching that was the problem, it was the seeing. Someone
had to do it, and there was only one person available at the time.

--
Nobby

Nobody Here said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Pah, that's nothing. As a 16 year old lad I had to get my
*Mother* to remove a tick from the unreachable bit behind
my soft pink hangy down things.
I've never ever ever been quite so mortified in all my life!

Quoted message said:

PaddyPaws said:

Just HOW short are your arms??

It wasn't the reaching that was the problem, it was the seeing. Someone
had to do it, and there was only one person available at the time.

I don't know what you're mithering about. She's seen it all before.
:-)
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Phil Cook said:

Nobody Here said:

Quoted message said:

>Pah, that's nothing. As a 16 year old lad I had to get my
>*Mother* to remove a tick from the unreachable bit behind
>my soft pink hangy down things.
>I've never ever ever been quite so mortified in all my life!

Quoted message said:

PaddyPaws said:

Just HOW short are your arms??

It wasn't the reaching that was the problem, it was the seeing. Someone
had to do it, and there was only one person available at the time.

I don't know what you're mithering about. She's seen it all before.
:-)

Maybe, but she was the first woman to *touch* it after I reached an
age where women touching it was a big deal! It's a wonder I'm not
bleeding scarred for life!! Aaaaaggghhhh!

--
Nobby

See www.bada-uk.org. Lots of interesting stuff about Ticks and Limes
Disease. These little beasties need to be taken very seriously!

On 8 Jun 2005 14:10:11 -0700, "PaddyPaws" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Parasite report:

Yuk. I had one in Snowdonia last weekend.

Best wishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
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Peewiglet said:

On 8 Jun 2005 14:10:11 -0700, "PaddyPaws" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Parasite report:

Yuk. I had one in Snowdonia last weekend.

Best wishes,

All that paranoia in Scotland and you manage to pick one up nearer to
home :-)

druidh

Quoted message said:

Those of you paying attention will have noticed that is only seven. The
eighth one I found the next morning. I went to the toilet and saw something
black on the end of my p...., well you no where I am talking about. I
carefully removed it and below is a close up of it. It is on my finger nail
so there is no need to feel embarrased about looking 🙂

Ch..Ch..Chunder!!

On 9/6/05 22:36, in article
[email hidden], "Andy Champ"

Quoted message said:

Obviously this isn't too effective for midges!

Only Agent Orange is good enough ...

... But it might cause a few other problems.

--
Andy Howell
Birmingham, UK

To mail simply put back the dots ...

On 9/6/05 21:43, in article [email hidden],

Peewiglet said:

<fx: falls to the ground in a faint...>

Quick. Pass the smelling salts ...

(There are fair maidens around these parts you know!)

--
Andy Howell
Birmingham, UK

To mail simply put back the dots ...

On 9/6/05 21:46, in article [email hidden],

Peewiglet said:

I thought long trousers and gaiters were meant to help, but looking at
the picture referenced below I have to wonder...

No. I really think you are better-off in shorts so the little creepies can
easily escape.

--
Andy Howell
Birmingham, UK

To mail simply put back the dots ...

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:47:19 GMT, Andy Howell
<andy.howellNOSPAM@ecotrendDOTorgDOTuk> wrote:

[...]

Quoted message said:

Too near water. The best site there is the one in Capel Curig, away from the
water.

Thanks - I'll bear that in mind next time (well, if there is a next
time).

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It really was absolutely appalling. We got there on Friday afternoon
and initially it wasn't too bad (though it was clear that there were
biting midges around), but all of a sudden - really very suddenly! - a
huge swarm of them descended as I was putting the tent up. It was
almost as bad as the midge experience I had in Scotland in my late
teens, which resulted in a boycott until the WHW in 2001.

I spent a weekend there last summer, just before I went off to the Pyrenees
for two weeks. I spent all of my time in the Pyrenees cursing these midge
bites which just wouldn't go away!

From Swallow Falls?? B******s...

Quoted message said:

BTW, did you get to see the lads at Cunningham's?

No, but I remembered you and them when I was in B-y-C, and I would
have gone in had I not been struggling with the after-effects of a
night of major over-indulgence in the bar... I bought a new rucksack
at the Ellis Brigham outlet store in Capel Curig, and felt so guilty
that I didn't feel able to cope with further temptation in Cunninghams
:-)

Speaking of Capel Curig, what a nice shop Joe Brown's is! It was
lovely all round, but the bit that really impressed me was the display
of gloves. First, because they were all so lovely, and in a great
range of sizes (which I appreciate, as a person with small hands), and
secondly because they were so beautifully displayed, in little wooden
pigeon holes. It really was a pleasure to drool there :-)

Best wishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
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On 9/6/05 21:51, in article [email hidden],

Peewiglet said:

From Swallow Falls?? B******s...

No, Nant Perris - which is probably worse!

You really must try Cunninghams. Alan and Brian just bring a new dimension
to shopping!

Joe Brown's is a nice shop, quite a calm place and staff that are quite
knowledgeable. It is now my preferred place to stay when camping in
Snowdonia. The Bryn Tyrch Farm site really is very good. Lovely people,
not too big and away from water (and quite a breezy site as well). And it
is right ion between two really good pubs.

Where did you walk?

--
Andy Howell
Birmingham, UK

To mail simply put back the dots ...

Peewiglet said:

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:50:34 GMT, Andy Howell

andy.howellNOSPAM@ecotrendDOTorgDOTuk said:

On 9/6/05 21:43, in article
[email hidden], "Peewiglet"

Quoted message said:

<fx: falls to the ground in a faint...>

Quick. Pass the smelling salts ...

(There are fair maidens around these parts you know!)

<fx: begins to waken>

Oh, oh.... is that a TICK I see before me???

<fx: clunk....>

Best wishes,

Sorry, didn't mean to upset you 🙂

That was about the same response as my wife, except the faint. I found it
quite amusing after the shock of finding it 🙂

--

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Sandy
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Andy Champ said:

Simon Challands said:

I've never had one yet, although they are obviously enough of them
close by (my mum's cats have come in with a few recently). She seemed
to think that the flea stuff will do the ticks in too, so I wonder if
there's any useful human equivalent (for ticks, of course - I've never
had fleas either!)

Hearing tick stories makes it sound like they are adept at getting in
through anything - are long trousers even in the middle of summer any
defence? Or is the sight of my bare legs enough to keep even ticks at
bay?!

There's an argument for wearing *short* trousers where bugs are a
problem, preferably with long socks, but there must be a gap.

The socks prtect you from brambles etc. to a reasonable height.

Most beasties arrive on the sock, and fall off. A few crawl up the
sock, and when they arrive at your knees you feel the tickling, and swat
them - before they can get to somewhere more tender.

Obviously this isn't too effective for midges!

Andy

Hang flypapers from your belt in a similar fashion to corks on a hat.
;-)

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:57:27 GMT, Andy Howell

andy.howellNOSPAM@ecotrendDOTorgDOTuk said:

On 9/6/05 21:51, in article [email hidden],

Peewiglet said:

From Swallow Falls?? B******s...

No, Nant Perris - which is probably worse!

Ha! I'll put that one on my Avoid Like the Plague list, then. Thanks
for the warning!

Quoted message said:

You really must try Cunninghams. Alan and Brian just bring a new dimension
to shopping!

It sounds wonderful, but imagine how much damage I could do there!
Still.... :-)

Quoted message said:

Joe Brown's is a nice shop, quite a calm place and staff that are quite
knowledgeable. It is now my preferred place to stay when camping in
Snowdonia. The Bryn Tyrch Farm site really is very good. Lovely people,
not too big and away from water (and quite a breezy site as well). And it
is right ion between two really good pubs.

It's possible to stay at a site near the shop, then? (Sorry to be so
clueless, but I've spent hardly any time in Snowdonia.)

Quoted message said:

Where did you walk?

On Saturday we walked up the Rhyd-Ddu path to the top of Snowdon, and
down again along what may/may not have been the South Ridge. It was
the ridge leading south from Snowdon towards Yr Aran. It was really
quite surreal at the top of Snowdon. We were cold and wet (having left
it just a little bit too late towards the bottom before putting
waterproof jackets on, and it then being too windy to be inclined to
put on the trousers as well - a mistake, as it turned out), and there
was actually a QUEUE to get into the cafe for a hot drink! I've never
been in the Snowdon cafe before, but it struck me as an extremely cool
idea on Saturday, fuggy and crowded as it was! Afterwards we emerged
into a cloud - utterly surreal!

I'm embarrassed to have to confess that I'm not sure where we walked
on Friday afternoon/evening, as I didn't have a map with me (blush).
However, staring at the map now I'm almost certain that we drove to
Dolwyddelan and then went up what I think must have been Carnedd Moel
Siabod. I'll check, though, and report back if that's wrong.

On Saturday night after the incident with the midge I needed
considerable quantities of anaesthesia, and so we only walked round
the walking shops on Sunday monring ;-)

Best wishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk

Simon Challands said:

I've never had one yet, although they are obviously enough of them
close by (my mum's cats have come in with a few recently). She seemed
to think that the flea stuff will do the ticks in too, so I wonder if
there's any useful human equivalent (for ticks, of course - I've never
had fleas either!)

Hearing tick stories makes it sound like they are adept at getting in
through anything - are long trousers even in the middle of summer any
defence? Or is the sight of my bare legs enough to keep even ticks at
bay?!

There's an argument for wearing *short* trousers where bugs are a
problem, preferably with long socks, but there must be a gap.

The socks prtect you from brambles etc. to a reasonable height.

Most beasties arrive on the sock, and fall off. A few crawl up the
sock, and when they arrive at your knees you feel the tickling, and swat
them - before they can get to somewhere more tender.

Obviously this isn't too effective for midges!

Andy

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:35:52 GMT, "Sandy Birrell"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

[...] It is on my finger nail

Quoted message said:

so there is no need to feel embarrased about looking 🙂

Quoted message said:

http://www.ftscotland.co.uk/gallery/inchnadamph/05_2005_inchnadamph_125a_closeup.html

I steeled myself for a second look, and noticed that they have only 6
legs. (Well, this one anyway.) They're insects, then? I'd assumed that
they were arachnids.

Best wishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk