Visiting our second home

alan · Post by **alan** » Mon 26 Jun 2023 14:58

I don’t wish to be provocative, but I have been thinking this morning about the reason why I no longer visit our second home in Port Vendres as frequently as I used to and (here goes), it’s not Brexit!

My wife is out there now but I have not been since May and I shall not be out again until October although one of my daughters and her children, some friends and my wife will all be visiting in the interim. I do miss all the action going on over the summer months including festivals and fireworks but what keeps me away; in a word, "mosquitos" and their increased prevalence in recent years.

There has been an interesting article here on the problem:
https://anglophone-direct.com/summer-mosquito/

Another recently appeared in the Telegraph:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-heal ... n=DM167373

It's not as if we are in the countryside. Our is a town house with just a few street trees at the front and no standing water. I would never have supposed that an insect would have kept me away when Macron and others would not otherwise have deterred me.

Pighunter · Post by **Pighunter** » Tue 27 Jun 2023 10:06

Yes the mosquitoes here are crazy, made even worse by the water restrictions, meaning that people are collecting rain water and not turning their pools which become a breeding paradise for the horrible little things.

alan · Post by **alan** » Tue 27 Jun 2023 13:33

We were also told that spraying no longer takes place on an annual basis for "environmental" reasons but have nothing to support this

alan · Post by **alan** » Tue 11 Jul 2023 22:21

Apart from the mozzies, I suppose the other reason why I no longer visit in the summer is that I find it just too hot. This is an article which as just appeared in the Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-heal ... s-elderly/

alan · Post by **alan** » Wed 12 Jul 2023 17:13

More on mozzies in today's Connexion

https://archive.is/qEuAv

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