Bleeding mossies - I picked up five bites whilst sitting at my desk yesterday. Despite the Piriton I look like bloody Spotty Dog!
Piriton etc won't stop the godforsaken skeeters biting - you need to either cover yourself in a bug-spray that contains Deet, distract them with CO2 - the little bastards are attracted to the carbon dioxide in your breath, so a CO2 emitter trap will divert them, or eat lots of Marmite. Apparently the vitamin B in yummy marmite really puts them off your blood.
I have to say that Marmite truly is utterly delish on buttered, toasted English muffins - and so has no place in this thread. Unfairly, even the tiny little jar is 7 frickin' bucks over here. I hate that more than anything......