I've not forgotten back in the late 1980's camping in an empty site on the windy side of Skye.
Suddenly over the period of 20 minutes the site went from empty to full Glastonbury levels, people unpacking cars with half cooked meals and putting up tents with the sleeping bags already on the inside.
Apparently the other campsite on the windless side of the island had received a full carpet bombing by the midges, which had resulted in every tent needing to be cleared out of the site within a ten minute period and the entire site moving across the island.
With only a tarp you would not have stood a hope.
Suddenly over the period of 20 minutes the site went from empty to full Glastonbury levels, people unpacking cars with half cooked meals and putting up tents with the sleeping bags already on the inside.
Apparently the other campsite on the windless side of the island had received a full carpet bombing by the midges, which had resulted in every tent needing to be cleared out of the site within a ten minute period and the entire site moving across the island.
With only a tarp you would not have stood a hope.