One of the most noticeable differences between the UK and France, are the Flying Insects.
We are sleeping in our 'Tower'; an outside room with a very comfortable bed. But somehow the Flies and Mozzies have already discovered that we're there.
I've given it a good spraying, I've installed a plug-in-insect-scarer, and I'm even wearing a yellow plastic anti-Mozzie bracelet, but still they come.
I remember many years ago talking to our local Chatelaine about the problem, and she very indignantly asked me "So, you don't have Flies in England?".
"Of course we do", I replied, "but as soon as one is spotted inside a house, everyone rolls-up a newspaper, and we hunt him down". A very different attitude to here in France.
Like most people, I really hate hearing a Mozzie at night. It can completely spoil one's pattern of sleep.
If anyone knows of a foolproof system to keep the wretched things away, please let me (and the rest of the world) know.
3 comments:
Mozzies are so darn annoying. We've had them through the winter too. At night we light a coil and it helps outside. Inside we have devices into which we put a mosquito 'tablet' and plug in. It's very efficient. We get a quiet sleep. But do you have electricity out there? Those plug ins are the only things that work.
Flies are few and far between. We are lucky there.
Yes we have electricity in the tower, since last year. The pug-in seems to deter the flies, but again last night I had a Mozzie annoying me.
Pug-in? No, Plug-in!
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