Ticks - yuck! There's a particular place I go to on the Somerset Levels where I always end up with them crawling over my clothes trying to get access! They are odd though because they are really tiny (about 2mm at most), and never seem to swell even when I have missed one and it's been sucking my blood for a day or so
The first time it happened I rushed to the doctor's & she recommended heating up the end of a needle in a flame & placing it against the tick, then grasping it as near to the skin as poss with tweezers & pulling, & this technique has never failed me. With the Lyme's disease she just told me to watch out for flu like symtoms, and, touch wood, I have remained hale & hearty!