On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:12:02 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:
... I know there are some walkers on this NG and some with "wild flower meadows"
... and yet more are dog walkers so I though you would like to read this about
... ticks and the diseases they can cause...
...
...
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~mickl...%20Disease.htm
...
... It's an increasing problem in the UK.
...
... (found on another Ng)
My dog gets ticks every year at some point .... I have run around the
fells through head high bracken and crossed acres of heather for the
last 20 years.
Only got a full blown tick once but the bare legs did get covered by
their first stage (larvae I think) on Jura. lots of red pinhead sized
thingys.
You just have to go with the flow and just be observant and not
paranoid ;-)
There are worst things to worry about.
Mike