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The Midges were a nightmare, few locals said it was the worst time for years. We heard later it was on the local news about how bad they were! At one point in the first night it was like riding through a wall, I had to ride in my midge net as I was getting covered.
They only really cleared on the last day, I don't tend to get bitten luckily, so it was more irritating than anything else.
I will definitely look to do some more rides north of the boarder, probably shorter ones though!
mustardbeak
Well done - enjoyed reading that + an impressive ride. I know quite a bit of that route, but have driven a lot more of it than I've cycled.
Have realised the Graeme who organised it is the same one who organised my first ever 400 and was particularly kind when I rolled in near the finish time and took a relaxed approach to me missing the final info control.
How were the midges in the end?