They're Coming to Get You Warm, Wet Weather Means That the Dreaded Midge Is Now Invading the Suburbs of the Central Belt. And a New Industry Is Springing Up On the Back of It.
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THINGS unwelcome stir on the northern edge of our cities. They lurk in leafy suburbs. Dusk brings foreboding, then misery. The subject crops up more and more at dinner parties; it is intruding, little by little, on the peace and tranquillity of private lives. "They're bad this year, " people say, frowning. "We've never had it like this, " friends reply.
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They're Coming to Get You Warm, Wet Weather Means That the Dreaded Midge Is Now Invading the Suburbs of the Central Belt. And a New Industry Is Springing Up On the Back of It.
Midges, you see, are coming south.
They're invading the gardens of Milngavie and Bearsden, creeping into Stirling and Falkirk, hovering in Midlothian at dusk. While the US delegation to G8 may refuse to accept even that the world is getting warmer, those of us who live in the Central Belt have firm empirical evidence to the contrary. It's the march of the Highland biting midge into suburban Scotland.As one indignant resident of Milngavie puts it: "My arms are still ...See the full content of this document
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