Dear customers and friends, As some of you are no doubt aware I have been struggling with my health for the past couple of months. I was hopeful that I would be able to fight through and continue working, however, this has unfortunately not turned out to be possible and I have therefore to retire Read More
Author: KeebleCare (Jon)
Is this the world’s largest collection of Ticks?
Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, USA is home to the US National Tick Collection. The collection consists of over 1,000,000 samples of ticks from all across the world, and although they have samples of over 860 different species of tick they estimate that this only accounts for just over a quarter of known tick Read More
Care Plus Water Filter – Field Review
Care Plus Water Filter – Field Review I have been using this water filter for a couple of months now and have found it to be a very useful addition to my kit list. When leading groups in the outdoors I am asked quite regularly ‘Is that water safe to drink?’ whenever people see a Read More
Eclipse – March 2015
Unfortunately the skies above the KeebleCare office in Bury St Edmunds remained stubbornly and uniformly grey with cloud for the entire duration of the eclipse (although typically it is turning into a bright sunny day now). Therefore disappointingly we did not get to see anything of this event, merely got to experience a slight darkening Read More
First Tick of the Year
As many of your are aware we live not very far away from one of the high-risk Tick areas of the UK, Thetford Forest. We have spent the last couple of weeks working on our Tick campaign for 2015 (more information on this very soon) and fortunately this has tied in with our first Tick Read More
Gardening to avoid Mosquitoes
Here in the UK the weather seems to have recently taken a turn for the better and people have started to venture out into their gardens to get work done. Now is also a good time to mosquito-proof your garden as we move towards the warmer part of the year. The very best way to Read More
International SOS Health Risk World Map
Pure Hydration have kindly pointed us in the direction of this Health Risk map put together by world healthcare experts at International SOS. The map helps to highlight areas where medical provisions may be inadequate and greater measures may be needed to protect yourself against unclean water, infection, or the risk of treatment with un-sterilized Read More
Is this the ultimate weapon against mosquitoes?
Scientists in the USA have recently developed a system to eliminate mosquitoes using lasers – the system is smart enough to identify mosquitoes and differentiate them from other types of insects using their size and the frequency of their beating wings, and quick enough to target them with the minimum burst of laser energy to Read More
Spine Race with Care Plus Camphor Spray
Is the Montane Spine Race Britain’s most brutal race? 268 miles through some of the most rugged terrain from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, in the middle of winter, dealing with ice, snow and savage winds, and only 7 days to complete it. For a race like this your feet need the highest levels of comfort Read More