r/WestHighlandWay • u/kantelefant • 2d ago

Midget Situation

Hi, we are starting tomorrow. Any experience how the midget Situation is? Need to buy something agInst?

Thanks assess

edit: thanks for laughing my ass of and crying reading the responses. and sorry to everyone offended

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u/SometimesCheery 2d ago

Don’t think you should call them that anymore

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u/TheReelMcCoi 2d ago

PORG

Person Of Restricted Growth

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u/Responsible-Cow-7129 2d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Miserable-Ad7835 1d ago

Vertically challenged, if you don't mind.

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u/Lanthanidedeposit 1d ago

And don't, whatever you do, toss them.

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u/whiskey_bud 2d ago

Uh, midget is not the preferred nomenclature, dude. Little people, please.

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u/noma887 2d ago

It's the parlance of our time

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u/Your_a_looser 2d ago

This isn’t a guy that built the railroads here.

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u/someones_mama 2d ago

little flies

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u/Aman-R-Sole 2d ago

They're just like us.

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u/exkingzog 23h ago

“Short People are just the same
As you and I
(A fool such as I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's a wonderful world)”

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u/Wanita_1972 2d ago

Are you sure they’re not just far away?

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u/Near_Fathom 2d ago

Highland midgets are generally friendly; simply offer them a wee dram if you meet any on the path.

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u/George_Salt 2d ago

"Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled agin!"

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u/dispatch_s2_when 2d ago

Crivens!

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u/khs666 2d ago

GNU PTerry

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u/ScottishWitch28 2d ago

I love the responses here 🤣🤣
I think you mean midge and they tend to be more active in the summer so you should be reasonably okay, the season is coming at an end for them as they aren’t active after September/October. Mind to look out for ticks too

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u/kantelefant 2d ago

Thanks for the response And I was crying reading the replies aahah

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u/PotentialMulberry677 2d ago

They will give you a Glasgow kiss on the knee.

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u/MarthaFarcuss 2d ago

I walked it in late Oct a few years ago and didn't see a single midget. Other times of year the midgets can be unbearable

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u/UpsideDownSeth 2d ago

The summer of '16 was particularly vicious, when they rented the Eigg Community Hall for their annual midget conference. Smidget and midget nets were useless and full-length trousers mandatory, as otherwise anyone within a 6' range of said community hall was at serious risk of getting their ankles nibbled on.

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u/Billybear731 2d ago

I saw one last week- bumped into the wee bugger, and he fell over. He said “I’m not happy”, so I said “which one are you then?”

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u/be_sugary 1d ago

🤦‍♀️🤡🤣

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u/Highlandcoo 2d ago

They are mostly native to the lower altitudes, and many have adapted fully to living in the cities and towns, but in warmer weather and if it’s not too windy, you might see some on the higher paths. Bring some midget repellant just in case.

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u/Miserable-Ad7835 2d ago

Best thread I've seen on here for a while!

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u/DodobirdNow 2d ago

They just need to take more steps and the rest of us. Be kind.

Somehow, I hope that autocorrect got you and you were typing "midges", which my phone wants to make "nudges"

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u/Noodnix 2d ago

It’s leprechaun, and they are in Ireland.

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u/Dazzling_Baker_4978 2d ago

Wear long socks, they can bite your ankles

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u/BobsonDugnutt87 2d ago

"Thanks assess" 🤷‍♂️😂

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u/George_Salt 2d ago

They're absolute gems.

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u/Lucky_Cantaloupe9201 2d ago

This didn't get enough credit

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u/Winter-Swimmer-3000 2d ago

It certainly did not.

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u/Comfortable-Sun7261 23h ago

Took me a while 😆

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u/bitchimgandalf 1d ago

First of all, it's 2026, you can't call them that anymore. Secondly, if you meet them on a bridge, just pay the toll, it's not worth trying to solve their riddles. The house always wins.

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u/initiali5ed 2d ago

It’s the haggis you need to worry about, not the midgets.

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u/Level-Dog-7630 1d ago

NOBODY TOSSES A DWARF!!!

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u/underwater-sunlight 15h ago

Clearly havent looked at midgetporn recently

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u/Shy-Walrus-64 2d ago

La finisco domani e i midgets non ci sono più, per quanto riguarda dei nani di Biancaneve ho visto solo mammolo

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u/Purple-Command-9879 1d ago

I keep coming back for more comments, this is just too good

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u/kantelefant 1d ago

Same here. Safe laugh

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u/Standard-Dog-3776 1d ago

Just watch out for the Redcaps, they're the mean buggers.

The rest you'll be able to hear them singing as they go along the trails "hi-ho"

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u/Cautious_Roof3122 8h ago

The trick is to store any food within your campsite in a bag suspended at least 4 foot in the air.

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u/lompekreimer 2d ago

Bring large sacks to throw over them, should keep them busy while you walk away.

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u/burnacc42069 1d ago

Na I was there in mid September and we ran into like 10 of them on the whole way. By this time they should be all dead

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u/LadyMcGardener 1d ago

Oh bless you.

Get some Smidge for those midges.

They don't like the cold so
Hopefully you'll be ok

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u/GarlicOverOnions 2d ago

Went 2 weeks ago, no Problem at all. Maybe 2 or 3 max

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u/Ok-Blackberry8086 2d ago

Wonder how they made it over some of the boulders along Loch Lomond

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u/cosimaneedsmypee 2d ago

the trick is to stack smaller rocks and build steps along the way. takes time though and people tend to knock them over.

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u/New-Astronaut-5695 2d ago

Just say the word 'fatumsh'

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u/Visible_Wealth9578 1d ago

Under the new ruling, all a student needs to qualify for an increased grant is a "nmkl pjkl ftmch," from the local authority.

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u/Purple-Command-9879 2d ago

This is the best thing I’ve seen on the Internet in a long time

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u/Certain_Emu5483 2d ago

I completed WHW in May. Saw no midgets, but I was ready for them. Hiking poles were hidden spears.

I think there was a dwarf shortage that month.

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u/UpsideDownSeth 2d ago

Yes, the supply of mithril baselayers is currently at an alarming low. Best not call them midgets though. Last guy that did this got his leg chopped off with a battleaxe.

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u/JohnnyGatorHikes 2d ago

Did Darby O'Gill write this?

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u/Fireline11 2d ago

Finished the WHW last Tuesday (great experience!)
No midges, but bring waterproof (!) clothes and enjoy

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u/plurien_also 2d ago

You should be more worried about the long nights and how cold they can get. Won't be too bad on the West coast - nothing like it gets in the Cairngorms - but you should plan layers to be toasty warm at night.

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u/Spiritual-Fox9618 1d ago

Surely a cuddle will keep both them and the OP warm through the night?

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u/Responsible-Cow-7129 2d ago

All joking aside, weve just finished the 2nd last stage today and we have barely seen any midges for 9 days. Youll be fine.

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u/kantelefant 2d ago

Thanks 😂😀

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u/m000nm0th 2d ago

Not sure about the midgets but a Scottish Autumn is usually dark, cold and wet. I hope you’ve got somewhere warm to sleep at night.

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u/meatflaps-69 2d ago

Its frowned upon to step on them but they do kinda get in the way, just try walk round as best you can, if you do trod on one they can be very vocal but are fairly harmless.

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u/vvildess 2d ago

A shot of smidget should do the job 👍

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u/eat-real-chips 2d ago

I did not see a midget but I did see an ewok coming out of the woods by Loch Lomond though

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u/sylvestris1 1d ago

I would normally say you shouldn’t see any at this time of year. However I was walking the dogs in the woods behind my house tonight (central, west coast) and was astonished to find myself being bitten.
So who knows. There may be some. There probably won’t be the swarms that make you want to run shrieking into a loch.

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u/kantelefant 1d ago

Thank you 

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u/Adventurous_Week_698 1d ago

Lol. Imagine you were actually talking about midgets.

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u/sylvestris1 1d ago

There’s no midgets in the woods, as far as I know. There are some elves though and they’re vicious wee bastards.

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u/be_sugary 1d ago

That’s hilarious! 😆

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u/McAce 2d ago

You’ll be fine. Walked it two weeks ago and couldn’t find any midge the entire route

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u/Miserable-Ad7835 2d ago

But what about midgets?

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u/Reasonable-Lab-7516 2d ago

I completed the route last week and there were no midges from what I saw.

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u/OLLIIVVVEER 9h ago

You're not going to get good replies from folks of you immediately call them asses

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u/Crunchie64 39m ago

Gets way better around Christmas when they all head to city theatres for seasonal work.

Just stay off yellow brick roads.