any suggestions to stop me getting bitten ?

I have some 100% Deet which is effective, but I'm not too sure about it being very good for me to use on a regular basis.

Is that Avon hand cream still available ?

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Stick with the Deet but reduce the % to 50% when the bugs are not so bad.

Jim

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The Fishermans Friend is the Flirty Fly,Fickle Food for Fleeting Fish.

Yes, it is Avon Skin so Soft/Woodland fresh you want. Should still be readily available, my wife is an Avon Rep so if anyone has trouble getting it let me know and I will see if she can help.

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Around the steel no tortur'd worm shall twine,
No blood of living insect stain my line;
Let me, less cruel, cast feather'd hook,
With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook,
Silent along the mazy margin stray,
And with fur-wrought fly delude the prey

Do you use it?
Is it effective?

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Skin So Soft doesnt work for me im afraid.

Totally agree. I love the idea of not using some chemical known only by an acronym, but my experience was it didn't work for ****.

I buy Muskol. It works all the time, every time.

Grouse

have a look here for the AVON...

http://www.alternativeinsectrepellent.co.uk/

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have tried everything. 100%deet - no good still got bitten. last year came across Ultrathon purchased online from Magellan`s £8.95 tube not cheap but effective and agreeable to skin.

dont spray deet bases repellant inside the car, it melted my dashboard, christ knows what it does when its absorbed into the skin.

nets are good.

ONE of the best repellents is garlic and eat it regularly , or take the odourless capsules if you dont like the taste ,i have never been bitten here or abroad and never use any repellents of any kind ..........

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WHEN YOU LEAVE THE RIVER, TAKE NOTHING, AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT'S!!!

THA CAN TELL A YORKSHIREMAN ,BUT THA CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH !!