bowtiejim wrote in message ...
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.

Why not take one of the anti allergy pills such as Benadryl, I take them
during June and the rest of summer I take them if I am going anywhere
where there may be mosquitoes or horse flies. They work for me.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk