So much for the idea of installing halogen downlighters in the new bathroom. Got up in the loft, plugged in the portable floodlight so I'd have some light while the upstairs lighting circuit was switched off, and within
2 minutes, the loft looked like something out of a horror movie. Rapid exit stage downwards, followed by about 30 or 40 flies - about 0.1% of the ones in the loft.The floodlight's still up there (unplugged). I think I'll wait until midwinter to recover it.
And we'll forget about the downlighters. They'd be full of dead flies within about 90 seconds.
Bloody disgusting things. Lets hope nothing goes wrong with the plumbing up there.