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Saw you posting about duck mites… just want to say a big fat +1, to whoever went meh you’ll be fine has obviously not had an attack of these, they’re really fucking horrible. I keep getting bit at Beckenham Place, the pond only recently re-modelled as a swimming (and paddle-sport) facility. I’ve basically given up, back to Lidos, pools and the North Sea when at the in-laws’.
We on the Rough Stuff Rides thread did a little off-road ride from Dorking to Frensham pond a few weeks back. Anyone here do ride+swim socials recently? Remember a great long ride to Dedham from London many moons ago, the swim definitely was an excuse for a long ride, fortunately was a hot September day, about 10years back.
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They are fnckin horrible. I had bites from over 1000 of the little buggers, all over my back neck face and arms. I haven’t been back to that lake but there is another deeper and colder lake nearby that hasn’t had any duck fleas so far. Now it’s getting a bit cooler I might go back there. It’s in the middle of a little loop I ride once a while. I tend do it on my own, if I get a couple of hours.
Someone’s stuck up loads of no swimming signs lately. A bit of an invite for a dip. If I’m planning on swimming with anyone we’ll meet by those signs!
adroit
Had my first encounter with duck fleas today.
Lovey warm gravel pit, right out in the middle when the itching started. Then had a 2 hour motorbike trip in leathers and sweated horribly and now I’m covered in bites. What a miserable thing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimmer's_itch