I deserved that... but no cycling for a few days now.
debeli
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I was up a ladder trimming a large (25 foot) Bay Tree when a clearly miffed wasp buzzed my face and stung me just above the eyelid. Up a ladder is not a good place to be at such a time. In fact it is a bad place to be.
I clambered/fell down and ran into the house where my youngest child examined the sting mark. No sting left in, so nothing to do but feel sorry for myself. And look for the source of the angry wasp.
It turns out (not a huge surprise) that there was a wasps' nest in the upper boughs of the tree. There is a thing about wasps and bay trees.... and I do not like to encourage them to build without the appropriate permits.
So up the ladder I went with some loppers to make them homeless. They did not respond well and I shook the ladder in such a way that I losst my footing and sort of descended at speed. I landed across a decorative border of angled bricks. On my back.
I said "Ouch!" and "Darn" and sort of lay there for a bit, hoping the descent had been fast enough to fool the wasps. It had. But I was in pain. Headache. Neck ache. Back ache.... Just ache, really.
But I now have a sort of technicolour bruise with grazes up my back, quite a lot of soreness and absolutely no ability to ride a bicycle until things loosen up again.
The wasps are homeless. I spiflicated their home before retreating. It is no more.
But I am off the bicycle for a few days. My wife thinks I am stupid. She has a point.
I clambered/fell down and ran into the house where my youngest child examined the sting mark. No sting left in, so nothing to do but feel sorry for myself. And look for the source of the angry wasp.
It turns out (not a huge surprise) that there was a wasps' nest in the upper boughs of the tree. There is a thing about wasps and bay trees.... and I do not like to encourage them to build without the appropriate permits.
So up the ladder I went with some loppers to make them homeless. They did not respond well and I shook the ladder in such a way that I losst my footing and sort of descended at speed. I landed across a decorative border of angled bricks. On my back.
I said "Ouch!" and "Darn" and sort of lay there for a bit, hoping the descent had been fast enough to fool the wasps. It had. But I was in pain. Headache. Neck ache. Back ache.... Just ache, really.
But I now have a sort of technicolour bruise with grazes up my back, quite a lot of soreness and absolutely no ability to ride a bicycle until things loosen up again.
The wasps are homeless. I spiflicated their home before retreating. It is no more.
But I am off the bicycle for a few days. My wife thinks I am stupid. She has a point.
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My wife thinks I am stupid. She has a point.
er, where's the ambiguity in your tale of ill judgement and woe to cast doubt on that assertion.
Heal well and thanks for making me laugh
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I had never been stung by a single insect until I was in my very early teens. Having followed one of the gang around the back of a neighbours garage during a particularly intense game of hide and seek (it was the 80's, we had to make our own entertainment yada yada...), I got the brunt of the ire of a wasps nest that the preceding lad had stood on. What followed was the entire swarm attacking me, and I ended up being stung between 12 and 15 times, then having to go to casualty for tests. Funnily enough I have never been stung since, and despite this I have no real fear of them at all - I think I got all the stinging out of the way in one fell swoop. Okay, not that funny, but the sight of all the neighbours trying to get rid of the wasps by chucking buckets of water over me and trying to brush them off from a distance with yard brushes must have been fairly surreal!
I could still ride my Raleigh Chopper the next day though...0 -
The lesson is - don't f*ck with wasps! Hope you make a speedy recovery!0
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There is a reason that pest controllers get paid actual money to deal with wasps nest.
That reason is outlined above.
Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently0 -
I hate to do this to you/your thread, but if you want to read about no cycling for the rest of this year (since April), try this thread: viewtopic.php?f=40013&t=130320440
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Assuming the stinger and the assorted army had yellow bands ? Likely Livestrong wasps if the case :oops:
I'll get me coat.0 -
DREAM of being off the bike for a few days.
I slogged through the windiest (and wettest) half of the year, come crashing down while doing an audax at the end of July, and wake up in Intensive Care to a sodding heatwave and the news that there'll be no more cycling in 2015.
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Did you have a helmet on?
Bit of a mixed opinion on wearing helmets with respect to stinging flying things.
I once had a bee enter my helmet (oooer missus) when out on my motorbike. It lodge between my eye and the leg of my sunglasses and then stung me on the eyelid.
I managed to remain upright - no mean feat at 40mph on the gravel of a layby where I sought shelter.
A quick trip to A&E for a checkup and some antihistamine and I was back on the road again.
Not sure of the wisdom of going back up the ladder to face the wasps though.......0 -
I alluded to this in the other thread, jokingly, but have been stung only twice in my life. Both times on the bike, both times by bee/wasp lodged in helmet.
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I alluded to this in the other thread, jokingly, but have been stung only twice in my life. Both times on the bike, both times by bee/wasp lodged in helmet.
Does it hurt some people more than others? Because, for me, it hurt like a mother...........
It wasn't that sore. I've been stung about a dozen times over the years and none were very painful. More irritation than painful.
As a child I used to "catch" bumble and honey bees in my hands by cupping them around clover flowers.
That said my brother was dangerously allergic to wasp or bee stings and would avoid them like the plague.0 -
When we bought our house the survey mentioned a wasps nest in the loft so we rang round to get prices to get rid of it. Got three quotes, one was about a quarter of the other two so we went with that one. A bloke climbed into the loft with a plastic bag, knocked the nest into it, took the £20 and left. Then I realised that getting rid of a wasps nest in February is a piece of cake, not so easy in the summer.0
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Did you have a helmet on?
Bit of a mixed opinion on wearing helmets with respect to stinging flying things.
Indeed I had a bumble bee fly into my helmet a couple of weeks ago. Thankfully I managed to stop sharpish and take it off before it decided to sting. I'm sure if it had been a wasp it would have done.0 -
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I was up a ladder trimming a large (25 foot) Bay Tree when a clearly miffed wasp buzzed my face and stung me just above the eyelid. Up a ladder is not a good place to be at such a time. In fact it is a bad place to be.
I clambered/fell down and ran into the house where my youngest child examined the sting mark. No sting left in, so nothing to do but feel sorry for myself. And look for the source of the angry wasp.
It turns out (not a huge surprise) that there was a wasps' nest in the upper boughs of the tree. There is a thing about wasps and bay trees.... and I do not like to encourage them to build without the appropriate permits.
So up the ladder I went with some loppers to make them homeless. They did not respond well and I shook the ladder in such a way that I losst my footing and sort of descended at speed. I landed across a decorative border of angled bricks. On my back.
I said "Ouch!" and "Darn" and sort of lay there for a bit, hoping the descent had been fast enough to fool the wasps. It had. But I was in pain. Headache. Neck ache. Back ache.... Just ache, really.
But I now have a sort of technicolour bruise with grazes up my back, quite a lot of soreness and absolutely no ability to ride a bicycle until things loosen up again.
The wasps are homeless. I spiflicated their home before retreating. It is no more.
But I am off the bicycle for a few days. My wife thinks I am stupid. She has a point.
Please film your next gardening adventure and post it on here.
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Get well soon.0 -
I have right now more than 100 bites on each leg from noseeums plus plenty on my arms torso and hands I'd take a few wasp stings anyday over this discomfort
Oh and I squashed a black widow this afternoon as well.Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Wear a cycling cap under your helmet...no more stings0
