To return to a topic of last year, I am allergic to horse flies, and am
finding I'm having to limit my work in the garden to the early morning
during the present warm weather. Later in the day the flies find me within
minutes; fortunately their bite is so painful that I notice it immediately
and I carry a tube of Antihistan around with me. Autan works well as a
deterrent, but the flies can bite through a shirt or even a pair of socks.

We live near the pingo trail in Breckland, Norfolk so there is little chance
of getting away from the little b....

The last time I got seriously bitten was near a nipple and by the time I got
to the hospital one side of my chest would have done Pamela Anderson
justice. The nurses could not hide their amusement and a number of heads
appeared round the cubicle curtain while awaited a couple of jabs.