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Cleg scaring outfit

Cleg scaring outfit


Postby Sgurr » Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:50 pm

Where can I get gear like this to scare off the clegs? I've tried Tiso, and they don't.


https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/20/why-the-zebra-got-its-stripes-to-deter-flies-from-landing-on-it
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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

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Postby Sgurr » Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:01 pm

Thanks Caberfeidh, but it looks built for winter rather than cleg season. Good try though. On a second look, it isn't fleece. Hmmmm. Just had a look at the customer reviews "Awful. Low quality product, stitching poor and came away easily and zip broke. All ripped." Hmmmm.
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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

Postby rockhopper » Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:09 pm

Sgurr wrote:Where can I get gear like this to scare off the clegs? I've tried Tiso, and they don't.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/20/why-the-zebra-got-its-stripes-to-deter-flies-from-landing-on-it

Back in the day you could've borrowed one of Freddie Mercury's black and white striped leotards :wink:
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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

Postby Caberfeidh » Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:59 pm

How about a pantomime zebra costume then? Only fifty quid per day to hire it. http://masqueradecostume.co.uk/portfolio/2-man-zebra/
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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

Postby Sgurr » Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:24 pm

Fur fabric....I would roast. and I guess it would be £150 for the trip where I took the photo below. 2 days to drive to Fannaichs and later home and walk into and out of the bothy. 1 day climb Groban & Beinn Bheag.

I have sent away for this in black and white and will let you know if it works. If it doesn't I still have an OK shirt to wear.

https://www.boohoo.com/leopard-print-woven-oversized-shirt/DZZ12230.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiZyV2qzS4AIVwrztCh0zcQiNEAQYBCABEgJDw_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Though I really need it for husband. As long as I walk with him they all leave me and rush towards him. On this trip he walked out of the bothy on a boiling day in goretex as they gnawed through his shirt.

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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

Postby Ben Nachie » Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:31 pm

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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

Postby Sgurr » Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:39 pm

Ben Nachie wrote:No flies on them!


:clap: :D :lol: :clap: :roll: :lol:
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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

Postby crfishwick » Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:36 pm

Sgurr wrote:Where can I get gear like this to scare off the clegs? I've tried Tiso, and they don't.


https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/20/why-the-zebra-got-its-stripes-to-deter-flies-from-landing-on-it

:D :D where do they dream these scientific ideas up. I suppose you need them so students can gain a PHD. :wink:
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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

Postby Sgurr » Wed Feb 27, 2019 6:14 pm

Well, I acquired my black and white blouse and went out to a cafe to ask my friend if she thought I looked ridiculous. She pointed out (which I should have realised earlier) that camels, deer and cattle are all subject to cleg attack, so why haven't THEY become stripey over the evolutionary generations. Hmmm.
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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

Postby Sgurr » Fri Apr 05, 2019 5:53 pm

Not the only one practicing scaring the clegs

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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

Postby WalkWithWallace » Sat Apr 06, 2019 9:39 am

Maybe you could write to Berghaus or similar.

I found this cycling jersey, about as close as I could find:

https://www.summitdifferent.co.uk/products/new-2016-funkii-zebra-cycling-jersey
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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

Postby Sgurr » Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:30 am

Wow!. That is the bees knees (or should I say it will bring the clegs to their knees).
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Re: Cleg scaring outfit

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