HowardSteele Posted September 9, 2019 Share Maybe add plants to the list. Here in Belgium there's some kind of stinging nettle. Get a good brush of it across your leg or face and you're going to be in agony for a solid while. Burns like hell. We have quite a couple of stinging weeds/plants out here as well...on the Tokai /Constaiberg we have the Notobubon galbanum, commonly called the blister bush or hog's fennel, is a South African plant that is best known for its ability to cause painful blistering after contact. In Afrikaans this plant species is known as bergseldery (i.e., "mountain celery").[3] touching it can cause severe blistering particularly if the irritant chemicals are exposed to sunlight (phytophotodermatitis).[4] Odinson, BigDL and DJR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted September 9, 2019 Share the worst yet has been the highland midge, picture a swarm of mini sized mosquito like midges that leave lovely itchy red bumps. And when I saw swarm I mean millions of the little buggers Memories of lots of time spent in Scotland as a child. Not pleasant those things. nonky and BigDL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted September 9, 2019 Share Maybe add plants to the list. Here in Belgium there's some kind of stinging nettle. Get a good brush of it across your leg or face and you're going to be in agony for a solid while. Burns like hell.Yup.. Same here... Running on small roads you sometimes have to step off the road onto the side and straight into a stingy nettle...torture! HowardSteele and BigDL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted September 9, 2019 Share Survived an Egyptian goose attack on Friday.I had this happen when I got between mom and chick. Pecked my helmet, attacked my bike but didn't get me. Funny now, sh@t myself at the time as I was going over a plank bridge HowardSteele 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulst12 Posted September 9, 2019 Share .Those are double D's not B's Edited September 9, 2019 by Paulst12 nonky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanbean Posted September 9, 2019 Share Horse flies, bee, on my thoat, and these things, I'm sure a few other Hubbers have been tooOpuntia aurantiaca, or jointed cactus HowardSteele and BigDL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted September 9, 2019 Share Maybe add plants to the list. Here in Belgium there's some kind of stinging nettle. Get a good brush of it across your leg or face and you're going to be in agony for a solid while. Burns like hell. Yup.. Same here... Running on small roads you sometimes have to step off the road onto the side and straight into a stingy nettle...torture!Did you know that the stinging nettle is edible? https://thethingswellmake.com/stinging-nettle-recipes-20-surprising-things-make-nettles/ Whenever I encounter them, often in the Darling / Philadelphia area in spring, I pick a few bags full to take home. Use gloves of course, Once you have poured boiling water over them, they don't sting anymore. We make a delicious pesto with olive oil and pine nuts from it. Pick lots, because, like spinach, you need lots to end up with a little. Edited September 9, 2019 by DJR Kenty, BigDL, Odinson and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pants Boy Posted September 9, 2019 Share Hold up! There are people who have been bitten by a bee?!Jip. Ek's te lelik om gesteek te word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted September 9, 2019 Share Did you know that the stinging nettle is edible? https://thethingswellmake.com/stinging-nettle-recipes-20-surprising-things-make-nettles/ Whenever I encounter them, often in the Darling / Philadelphia area in spring, I pick a few bags full to take home. Use gloves of course, Once you have poured boiling water over them, they don't sting anymore. We make a delicious pesto with olive oil and pine nuts from it. Pick lots, because, like spinach, you need lots to end up with a little.Fun fact...After seaweed... Nettle soup was the second biggest staple during the potato famine HowardSteele, DJR, BigDL and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardSteele Posted September 9, 2019 Share Did you know that the stinging nettle is edible? https://thethingswellmake.com/stinging-nettle-recipes-20-surprising-things-make-nettles/ Whenever I encounter them, often in the Darling / Philadelphia area in spring, I pick a few bags full to take home. Use gloves of course, Once you have poured boiling water over them, they don't sting anymore. We make a delicious pesto with olive oil and pine nuts from it. Pick lots, because, like spinach, you need lots to end up with a little.we'll start a new thread bikers biting back LOL.As kids we called them brannekles I suppose a corruption of the dutch Brandnetel. Edited September 9, 2019 by HowardSteele Kenty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odinson Posted September 9, 2019 Share Did you know that the stinging nettle is edible? https://thethingswellmake.com/stinging-nettle-recipes-20-surprising-things-make-nettles/ Whenever I encounter them, often in the Darling / Philadelphia area in spring, I pick a few bags full to take home. Use gloves of course, Once you have poured boiling water over them, they don't sting anymore. We make a delicious pesto with olive oil and pine nuts from it. Pick lots, because, like spinach, you need lots to end up with a little. Apparently, there's even a stinging nettle eating competition in the UK, but they eat it raw! https://matadornetwork.com/read/england-stinging-nettle-eating-competition/ Time to step up your game, DJR. HowardSteele and DJR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maaknplan Posted September 9, 2019 Share Inhaled and swallowed and number of flying insects, figured its better than tasting them HowardSteele 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Stewart Posted September 9, 2019 Share I got tagged by a skaap brak in May of last year. It tore a gaping 5cm gash in my lower leg just about to the bone. Since then, I hate dogs. (this being the second time I got bit).not a fan anymore.Then as for those pesky bees by the top gate crossing over the old corridor from Contermans to Meerendal, I got tagged twice. bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardSteele Posted September 9, 2019 Share Inhaled and swallowed and number of flying insects, figured its better than tasting themThe worst is when they spread their legs on the way down and got to cough splutter and swallow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Posted September 9, 2019 Share Got stung by barbed wire once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted September 9, 2019 Share Apparently, there's even a stinging nettle eating competition in the UK, but they eat it raw! https://matadornetwork.com/read/england-stinging-nettle-eating-competition/ Time to step up your game, DJR. No way! I cant even imagine it . I fell out of a tree once into a bed of nettles and those white burning bumps are sore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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