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Cooler very cloudy at present sun trying to show .

Yes very true Stuart .

Stuart I remember back to the gold cup Rennes in the heat wave of 1976 Joe Murray from ecclefechan won the race Eddie Newcombe was second A west section bird was 3rd open Spread all over Scotland in glorious blue sky's If my memory serves me correct I had 3 of my 6 on the shift Birds were tumbling in Major difference no Peregrine .

Met George and Brian at presentation last Year 2 of the gentlemen of our sport .

Bad enough loosing one of those quality doos Hope they show for you Atb Mick

Well done Davy Top of the Tree Also well done to your club mates some very good performances

Very very true Ricky ,no such thing as good race from France now ,messac 2years ago think only 40ish birds into Scotland in 3 days ,Tours last year only 8 birds on result after 3 days ,Top man in our fed had his best 8 at alencon got one that sums up pigeon racing nowadays if the inlands are scrubbed there won't be any doos left in 3 years with those losses have to face the stark facts the glory days are long gone ,I have lost more young birds training the last week than I used to breed in 3 years and it will only get Worse ,There are national winners etc being lost at these races if you had a good one years ago you had it for life jmho

Keep your chin up Derek fantastic performances to come this close Elements were not ideal for the doos Sure there are lots of very good birds missing

Good Morning Early start here that's the young birds starting to show from last night got first one at 04-15 the crows are still not on the move so good start .

The one' I did get from 7-30 onwards in mostly 1 and 2's came really well Andy When lib early and being struck its murder watching all day in the heat so clever me thinks train when it gets cooler and if they get hit as per norm will be more comfortable watching Forgot about the bloody midges lol Got to have a sense of humour nowadays or would have to pack in Atb mate Mick

When I was liberating the yb's at 20mls tonight between 6-40 and 7-10 a single bird racing very well went right past me a blue or cheq straight up the motorway south of Lockerbie could have been j alston's bird going by time in ?

Thanks Andy They have been split every toss bar one so plenty of savvy about them sure they will make the effort come daylight ,did,nt believe in night fliers till now was going to say a good future Rennes bird but it was that dark on nae glasses so could not see the ring lol

Trained yb's later tonight from 20mls hoping on better toss but usual all 4 groups well scattered last 2 for the night I thought at 10-20 but just had one drop at 10-55 it's black dark put outside light on and picked it up after all these years they still amaze me early start in morning hope they have grounded safely

Welcome Alex

Very warm again but also fresh wind at present

What a day in this heat Birds started working in 1 and 2's from 3-30 till 7-45 Very lucky only one down that's eleven hours out for the last of them defo went to ground as fresh as paint Although 2x part wing 1x two tail feathers left 2x puncture wounds one I had to stitch Will now go sight seeing in the morning leave the birds at home to settle .

With ne wind and loft in form Scott Irving to time another topper .

I have been on radio,tv front page of local papers over the last 20years with injured and maimed pigeons tried my best with mp's all same outcome yes you guessed correctly my friend sfa Bop would have to be taken out at same rate as our birds for people to take note

We have no choice where we live a hawk free strike is not an option, I am 20 missing from first group this morning 3singles in last half hour 2missing part wings the other it's tail the majority of the others will be grounded and will work in the next 24hrs . That is why we give them a light feed and water before training sending them hungry is not an option in Moffat That's another this one's intact

I had 6 young starlings fly with the youngsters tonight but not in the same league as that one .

Christ didn't know she was that white Tam none of them in Moffat Make's her performances even better

Think there must be a backlog at shu as not had conformation of one's I sent from other fanciers yet had rpra back return post

Feel for you Walter ,we are having our birds murdered daily I have witnessed what you described and am certain your birds were targeted yesterday with a family of falcons when your birds turn up give them rest and let them settle as they are truly stressed at present ,I have had 3 return tonight from yesterday's strike one with horrendous injuries all have been to ground 30hrs after being liberated from10mls However every dog has his day

Had them at same 10mls spot where they started yesterday both batches home now starting to hold a line .

Pleased to have met you how did the training go from Moffat I ended up with 100% tonight and two back from this morning one injured