mozzies

[Joe]

its worse if you fall asleep on the balcony!!

[alyvin]

Don't forget- a daily antihistamine and lashings of hydrocortisone cream if you do get bitten. You only have to miss a square inch of skin and the little blighters will have a go!

[blondegirl]

If they get in they have to get out somewhere otherwise they just buzz around all night. The plug ins and citronella things dont kill them, they are just a deterrent.  We generally close the shutters, open the window a bit and close the curtains then they can escape.  Spraying the rooms helps.  I have citronella/lemon grass oil and dilute it when I get there in small bottles and spray literally everything, cupboards, window frames, bedding and even the wardrobes and have lemon joss sticks going all the time.  The rooms smells like a lemony hippy den!

As for me... well, I just smother myself in marmite and garlic.... no one comes near me!  Oh, and wrap myself up like a mummy in the sheet at night!  What a palaver!

[Karen/Colin]

mosiguard creams or roll-on is a good deterrant & do avoid the perfumed deodorants & perfumes. best to smell au naturel. I have also heard that vit b compound puts the blighters off. We got a few bites last year, mainly when we were sat on the balcony.



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[ANNnRICK41]

Just booked our first holiday to Arillas, and like lots of others, I am usually a target for the Mozzies .. will they be bad in June?  If so I had better start OD'ing on the Marmite for the next week .. only thing I have ever found that helps!

Ann

[tracey&peter]

Well I eat marmite every morning, drink plenty of Gin & Tonic in the evening, smother myself in anti mozzie stuff - returned from Arillas yesterday and sporting 14 bites that all itch like crazy - the little blighters are everywhere you go.

[Lisa and Steve]

I eat marmite every day on holiday and am starting now. I also wear purfume every night but take antihistamine tablets for an allergy but, touch wood, I dont get bitten. I think some people they take a shine to and others they leave alone. Glad I am one of the latter.

[gaye]

ANNnRICK  hope that you don't mond my asking, but how did you get your yellow ribbon for Madeleine?

[alyvin]

Just got back from Arillas and I didn't get bitten once! Usually get badly bitten despite sun tan lotion with repellent/ after sun with repellent, followed by a layer of DEET! The only change this time was my shower gel was Molton Browns Warming Eucalyptus. Out to buy another bottle now for my next holiday!

[vivian]

Pete and I went 7th - 21st, only got bitten twice, normally bitten to death (well almost) did nothing different to normal except used liqued instead of tablets in the plugg in. Viv

[kriopigi girl]

I always used the tablets until last year and tried the liquid amd found it much better for the room.

Been on the marmite and  vit b complex for past 2 weeks. Fully armed with deet spray and wipes. The little mites just love me !!!!!!!! 

                                      pauline x

[ANNnRICK41]

ANNnRICK  hope that you don't mond my asking, but how did you get your yellow ribbon for Madeleine?

I have is saved as an avatar, if you want to send me a private message with your email I will forward it to you.

Ann

[The Nickster]

Something i tried last year that seemed to work (i did not get bitten once!!) is to take Vitamin B1 a few weeks before travelling and while abroad, apparently the mossies hate the smell (like marmite), this was on top of using the Boots remedies, i was bite free

[Shuey]

Got back yesterday and was bite free until the last night.  Came home with 5 on my right foot!

[justlynn]

Oh what a nuisance, Shuey - to go all holiday then get all those on the last night.  Bet you had a great time though?
lynn x