I’m not complaining, honestly. But suddenly it’s really warm again, almost too hot, and the forecast for the weekend is good. That’s nearly a miracle.

The down side of this is that the midges are out and biting by the millions. It’s especially bad near any lochs.

We had been hoping that the horrendous winter would have killed a lot of the wee blighters off. What they think has happened is that the midges survived the cold but the birds and bats which would normally eat the midges, didn’t do so well during the snow and ice.

Unfortunately, human beings are top of the midge menu.