Welcome in the Scottish Highlands & Islands ? Or not ?

[Flick of the Elbow]

Covid cases shooting up across the Highlands, I’m sure some will be blaming holidaymakers for this.

https://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk...-rise-in-covid-case-numbers-in-region-242557/

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

NB

 

[MrGrumpy]

Maybe Andy Burnum should be banning all travel to here ! To be honest Sturgeon is right really, it’s all gone wrong in areas of Scotland so why travel from these areas to elsewhere !

 

[Fram]

Yes it is suited to the other thread, the number of folk at my work I’m now hearing about who were directly and indirectly involved in last Fridays shenanigans is scary !! Covid central !

Same up here: it's hit our local shinty derby!

 

[oldwheels]

Yes, the word “klegg” is used on Tyneside, again, perhaps a legacy of Scandinavian connections.

I always spelled it clegg. They can be very sneaky and get on to you without you noticing. Around cattle and horses especially you have to be vigilant as the bite has a nasty reaction with some people.

 

[mudsticks]

I always spelled it clegg. They can be very sneaky and get on to you without you noticing. Around cattle and horses especially you have to be vigilant as the bite has a nasty reaction with some people.

Got my first horsefly (clegg) bite here today..

None of us are safe now 😟

 

[oldwheels]

Got my first horsefly (clegg) bite here today..

None of us are safe now 😟

I seem to have particularly sensitive skin as I have never in all my years of being in vulnerable places been bitten. I sense them landing and whack immediately.

 

[mudsticks]

I seem to have particularly sensitive skin as I have never in all my years of being in vulnerable places been bitten. I sense them landing and whack immediately.

I have theory that some country dancing moves, may have evolved from attempting to swat horseflies before they manage to get their fangs in ...

 

[MrGrumpy]

Currently in the highlands no issues with the natives.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Got my first horsefly (clegg) bite here today..

None of us are safe now 😟

Ooof, they hurt proper

 

[rogerzilla]

The ones in the Alps are longer, blacker, and most insect repellents you buy in the UK have no effect. The local stuff works.