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Offline Joe

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Re: mozzies
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2007, 04:33:52 PM »
its worse if you fall asleep on the balcony!!

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Re: mozzies
« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2007, 12:29:48 AM »
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!

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« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2007, 12:51:38 AM »
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!
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Re: mozzies
« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2007, 09:27:49 PM »
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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Re: mozzies
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2007, 12:36:34 AM »
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!

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Re: mozzies
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2007, 01:15:38 AM »
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.




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Re: mozzies
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2007, 09:17:09 AM »
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.

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Re: mozzies
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2007, 12:56:11 PM »
ANNnRICK  hope that you don't mond my asking, but how did you get your yellow ribbon for Madeleine?
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Re: mozzies
« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2007, 02:37:59 PM »
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!

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Re: mozzies
« Reply #24 on: May 31, 2007, 10:26:34 AM »
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

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« Reply #25 on: May 31, 2007, 11:43:12 AM »
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 !!!!!!!! 

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Re: mozzies
« Reply #26 on: June 05, 2007, 12:22:56 AM »
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.

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« Reply #27 on: June 06, 2007, 04:00:31 PM »
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 :)

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Re: mozzies
« Reply #28 on: June 13, 2007, 05:45:29 PM »
Got back yesterday and was bite free until the last night.  Came home with 5 on my right foot!

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Re: mozzies
« Reply #29 on: June 13, 2007, 09:59:09 PM »
Oh what a nuisance, Shuey - to go all holiday then get all those on the last night.  Bet you had a great time though?
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