Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
It seems that midges are about in record numbers this year - http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/h...tland.18679156 - and expected to be so for even longer than usual. Perhaps another reason for the depopulation of the highlands! Definitely not a problem here in the lowlands.
We haven't encountered much in the way of midges. The torrential rain and winds on Lewis and Harris might have helped there. We're heading to Edinburgh in a couple of days, so it's good to know they aren't a problem there.