Am I reading this right, do people actually use their stoves inside the inner of their tent?
Midges or not, & we get loads here in the central west & even more up in Donegal, it still seems madness to me.
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Am I reading this right, do people actually use their stoves inside the inner of their tent?
I may have read it wrong & the incident with the pocket rocket happen in the vestibule, but the hiding from the midges made me think it was in the inner as they love the vestibules here & there's no hiding from them there.When did this come in, should we all be doing it now? It’s just that I prefer my face ‘unmelted’.
Quite right.....stoves (CO2) only attracts the little b@#$£&*sIf it's midgie I cook away from my shelter if possible and keep all the zips closed ....... or they will go shelter in the porch. ..........
Quite right.....stoves (CO2) only attracts the little b@#$£&*s
It’s just that I prefer my face ‘unmelted’.
I thought you'd already.....
Yes, pacing around outside the tent eating my meal to keep one step ahead of the midge cloud is an all-too-familiar experienceIf it's midgie I cook away from my shelter if possible and keep all the zips closed ....... or they will go shelter in the porch.
I eat outside too - walking around to try to lessen their impact.
When it's "time for bed" I try to lure the midges some way away, then run for the tent, slip into the porch close zip, boots off and post myself like a letter thru' the smallest gap possible in the inner tent zip.
Then follows the 40 mins or so killing all the wee beasties that still managed to get in.
And remind myself not to go camping in July and August again ..........
Unzipping Beatons jacket enough to get a spoon into gob helps, whilst also walking round in circles trying to shake them off
I've learnt - pull collar up high, tuck everything in and then lodge my head net so it rests just on my top lip and no more ....
I've learnt - pull collar up high, tuck everything in and then lodge my head net so it rests just on my top lip and no more ....