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Sex change. That is the kind of attention getting headline, often misleading, that is commonly found in UK tabloids. Thought we would give it a try here because sex change is what happened today. Our hill walking club is comprised of mostly females (ratio about 3 to 1). We can ponder some other time why. Anyhow, on today's hill walk there was a sex change; meaning that the men outnumbered the women. Ok, admittedly that was a bit cheeky (British term for showing a lack of politeness in a way that is amusing).
Continuing with the cheeky sex thing a bit longer. Wouldn't you know it, not only did the male hill walkers outnumber the females, but so too did the black flies. This was our first hill walk with black flies, and they were out in swarms. At one point, it was impossible to stop; hundreds of flies flying and landing on head, neck, and other exposed areas (see photo). Turns out, the flies were males. Could that have been a coincidence?
