£5 to any one who can count....

[mercalia]

...the number of midges in this video

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-44389775/midges-swarm-in-argyll

[nirakaro]

43,721,407. £5 to you if you prove me wrong!

[Thornyone]

43,721,407. £5 to you if you prove me wrong!

43,721,408. You must have missed that one in the top right corner
Seriously though, I visited Wester Ross in early May. Too windy for midges. I did once get my head well-munched under my cycling helmet whilst riding over the Sally Gap in the Wicklow Mountains in July.

[gaz]

...the number of midges in this video

That appeals to my sense of pedantry.

43,721,407. £5 to you if you prove me wrong!

Won't be hard.


The images of an exceedingly large number of midges have been captured in the video.

There are no actual midges in the video .

[brooksby]

The images of an exceedingly large number of midges have been captured in the video.

There are no actual midges in the video .

Ah, but maybe midges are like weeping angels and so the image of a midge becomes a midge...

[nirakaro]

...the number of midges in this video

That appeals to my sense of pedantry.

43,721,407. £5 to you if you prove me wrong!

Won't be hard.


The images of an exceedingly large number of midges have been captured in the video.

There are no actual midges in the video .

Touché, gaz. Too effing shay. A postal order for a crisp fiver is in the post. Not.

[mercalia]

what shocked me was the balloon the guy was wearing over his head. Is that common atire for going for walks up there? might as well get a space suit. The dog didnt seem to mind, do they go after dogs?

[feefee8]

It’s a midge net. I would recommend if you were indulging in a prolonged static activity.
It’s been sunny in the West Highlands of late and the midges tend to avoid that and can’t fly against a 5mph breeze so they haven’t been bad through the day. In the main they start feasting in the evening, when sun and breeze go down. Sitting outside with a glass of something can be a bit of an endurance sport...

[horizon]

How about £5 to anyone at the BBC who can spell? Mldges??

[crazydave789]

and they wonder why highlanders were so fierce.

[Alan O]

...the number of midges in this video

That appeals to my sense of pedantry.

43,721,407. £5 to you if you prove me wrong!

Won't be hard.


The images of an exceedingly large number of midges have been captured in the video.

There are no actual midges in the video .

And for that astute observation, you win this image of £5...

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[gaz]

And for posting that image you could face legal action.

[The utility cyclist]

copped a face-full (and a few in the mouth) of tiny aphids last Sunday cycling past the farmers fields, it was very unpleasant, especially as I'd put sun cream on, a fair few of the beggars were obviously wanting to go on a holibob somewhere else as stuck to face/arms/neck.yuk!
This was the first time I'd run into a swarm round that area though, not sure breathing more through the nose made any difference but no sooner had I got past the fields and I opened my mouth a bit more, something bigger went right down the chute, quick glug of liquid followed to make sure it stayed down

[nigelnightmare]

That's quite normal for Argyll and you may have noticed that they're quite a bit bigger than the average midge and they don't half bite hard.

I'm glad I live in the east now.