Anyone know if the little b*st*rds are out yet ? Heading to Mull / Skye area next week.

Hopefully they r still sleeping

Mike wrote:Hopefully they r still sleeping

We can but hope... or carry flame throwers

Just been on Mull and heading home from Skye. They're not out yet, but another week and they'll be hangry

Steve how much did it cost to take the van over onto mull, iv heard that they have bought the prices down this yr?

I think upto 6m is same price as car, £13 + £4 driver, one way Oban-Craignure.

Mike, we went Oban to Craigmure and it was £22 for van and 2 adults, then came off Mull from Tobermory to Corran (sp.) for about £8. Twas cheap compared to Channel or Ireland ferries.

I plan to do that after ht if hux doesn't come up. I was talking to the guy at the kiosk last time I was there and he was saying that it's being subsided so the prices were coming down :)

The ferry subsidies have been recently extended. Support comes from the Scottish Govt. The scheme is called RET and is supposed to represent how much it would cost to drive that same distance if it were all on land.

Got my first bite of the year yesterday down here in Merseyside.
There heading north

https://www.smidgeup.com/midge-forecast/
Just starting to get themselves sorted by the looks of things

I live in the Trossachs and got my first three bites in the garden yesterday evening. Not quite west coast, but they've definitely arrived.

got my first three bites in the garden yesterday

Ouch - I take it that is some sort of euphamism !! I know the lasies talk about their "gardens"!!

On a plus not, no midges down here in Devon! Just bites from the cider