The excess heat that is. Hopefully so by Saturday. Although yesterday was meant to be hotter than Tuesday, it was 1/2 a degree C less than predicted, yet felt much hotter.
We decided our weekly walk would be yesterday, madness I know, so chose a forest, shorter than normal walk. Whilst the shade was nice, the horseflies were out in armies and full attack mode. Poor E., is very prone to being bitten and she was the main target, with dozens surrounding her. We used small branches in both hands to try keep them at bay.
E., got bitten at least three times, DB once on his wrist and I got bitten once on my finger. Blood was drawn on both our bites but luckily no swelling. We applied hand gel to the bites when we got back to the car, which seemed to help.
Ruby has been having one short walk early morning. We bought her a cooling gel mat. She isn’t too keen but does lay on it occasionally. Other times she is on the bathroom floor, our only tiled area.
We seem to be inundated with flies everywhere at the moment but surprisingly for this area no midges.
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I hate midges, they are so ferocious and unrelenting.
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