Someone left a comment asking about the real bugs here. They're no fun. If there's a bit of wind it's no problem but once the temperature goes above about 6 degrees celcius and the wind dies down they come out in force. I havn't seen too many black flies yet, the mosquitos seem to be winning. The other day I had one on each sholder trying to pull me off the quad.. good thing I was holding on!

Rai gets a photo credit for the pic of me in the mosquito hat.. Thanks Rai!