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[postman]

A million greenfly.

Went to Knares boro, came back via Thorner and met with millions of greenfly .Waves and waves of the stupid things.Covered in them .Never known it so bad .

 

[Alan Whicker]

Definitely plenty of the buggers around at the moment. I swallowed a fly last night on the way home - it felt like the size of a small bird. Disgusting. That'll teach me to keep my mouth shut when I'm riding along the canal.

 

[iAmiAdam]

I've seen so many of them this year, My shirt had green spots from the last ride.

 

[AndyCarolan]

Noticed loads at the weekend, we were both covered in the things :/ lots of black ones too

 

[tyred]

Serious amount of midgets when I went out for a ride last night. Over 20mph and they sound like hailstones bouncing of my jacket. Need to keep the mouth closed...

 

[ianrauk]

Hmm.. me too.. felt like it was walking down my gullet..

Definitely plenty of the buggers around at the moment. I swallowed a fly last night on the way home - it felt like the size of a small bird. Disgusting. That'll teach me to keep my mouth shut when I'm riding along the canal.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

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He's the one with flies stuck to his teeth.




Sorry - it is an old one ......................

 

[addictfreak]

Before I set out today, I applied the old factor 15.

Kept the sun off ok but turned me into a huge piece of fly paper

Not just green fly, but riding along lanes with Hawthorne Hedges I also got covered in Black fly. Still it made me keep my gob shut!

 

[Headgardener]

Serious amount of midgets when I went out for a ride last night. Over 20mph and they sound like hailstones bouncing of my jacket. Need to keep the mouth closed...

Dunno about hailstones off your jacket I think they would knock you clean off your bike.

 

[iAmiAdam]

I think I just glued one in between my inner tube and the patch. :/

 

[buggi]

yep... i thought they were mistaking my hi-vis for the rapeseed i was cycling past.

 

[toekneep]

Same for us yesterday. I thought the long cold winter was going to reduce the number of bugs rather than increase them. Greenfly in particular were a nuisance but the bigger ones that you have to chew before you can swallow are really disgusting.