Ticks!

We walk the fields the other side of our garden wall - more so at the moment as we haven't wanted to use the car. The grass is usually grown for hay so is long and we often have deer. I only ever wear long trousers and socks when walking through it.
My boys used to go to a school that backed onto woods...often came home with them and I've always been worried about Lymes - so sorry to hear about your wife Can . I have a friend who also suffers.
But I have never seen so many in one go! It's really given me the heebee jeebies.