You know, this posting re midgies made me laugh - midgies in shetland - where ???? Try the west coast and then you'll know what midgies are !! Answer - AVON SKIN SO SOFT - you can get a spray on oil version - best stuff ever - not too bad a smell and beter than chain smoking. Also, you could buy a machine that you stick in your garden and all midgies will disappear into it (hoovered into a wee bag) only a couple of hundred pounds to buy. For the bites antihistemine is the best - takes the itch right out...... Jungle formula is rubbish and those hoods only suceed in making you look stupid - you'll still get bitten.....