The Hound of the Pashley Wheel

Cool. It'll be good to meet somebody else from the forum. At the
moment it's looking like the later part of the week should be better for
weather.

Rob


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goldenchicken II wrote:
*Doing all this riding in the lap of mother nature ... do you ever get
ticks? Yes, I mean the bloodsucking ones. *

Ticks are an occasional hazzard riding around here in devon. I get them
more often on the heathland than on moor land, but yes we do have them.
top tip is to inspect your legs straight after the ride, any black
specks get scraped off imediatly before they have much chance to grow
and gore on your blood.
Sarah


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sarah.miller wrote:
*Ticks are an occasional hazzard riding around here in devon. I get
them more often on the heathland than on moor land, but yes we do have
them. top tip is to inspect your legs straight after the ride, any
black specks get scraped off imediatly before they have much chance
to grow and gore on your blood.
Sarah *


Good advice.

I have heard that eating copious amounts of garlic will keep the buggers
away. I always eat much garlic even if I'm not going into the woods
since it has a similar effect on some people. Also wearing dark clothes
is said to discourage ticks. Fancy riding muni in a black diving suit
...

Other tips on how to avoid ticks (and the nasty diseases some of them
are spreading)?


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