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Last post as of subject ,diff story this time of year the whole family's are in the sky got to be on a par with sedburgh ,guarantee if film liberation they will be hit as they leave transporter .

I was at Otterburn picking up a yearling few months ago from sandy Alexander who was kind enough to report it ,did no one read the man's report in the bhw few weeks back ,only thing that should be getting let of there is a nuclear device

R.I.P.

Away to 20 mls again tonight 2 groups 63 sent 62 home improving

TOP FLYING

To Date- Marlborough 5 from 7 Eastbourne 1 from 1 Messac 0 from 2 Lost best 2 racers at Messac To far West? To much water? And seemingly to much Fog ?

No Geo ,hate ma bed an old boy i used to work with said to many people die there so try to get out of it pretty quick

Came in tonight the following - SU 11 L 12025 SU 11 NW 5609 (INJURED) SU 11 NW 6263 SU 11 M 2634 SU 11 F 4101 WILL LIBERATE GLASGOW EXCEPT THE INJURED ONE ,

Hello Charlie ,I run a joinery business this is how my day has went today ,Out of bed 5-30 wash then breakfast till just after six ,then of out to doos finish all chores then of to work 7-45 ,Working away from home on fishing trawler all day get finished then arrive home for 4-40,Carry wife upstairs 4-46 back down to basket doos 4-47 ,head of to liberation spot liberate 6-04 and 6-12 ,pick up pigeon reported further down road then head home arrive home and have tea 7-15 to 7-30 ,back out to doos scrape out racing loft ,have cup of t with mate who comes round then feed birds in,after that start to feed and water all stock etc ,carry all baskets from van and tidy everything up ,check all birds are home then lock up loft 9-45 ,check any messages on phone ,shut wife in widowhood box then come onto basics for a chat with the lads ,release wife to make tea and scoffs then of to bed at 11-45 ,here comes Tuesday ,Good Luck

Had 59 away tonight 20 mls lib 2 groups 8 min apart ,all home 7 min apart Well Pleased first toss this year where they have made it as a group

Took all my younger one's plus the doos that were not at the race yesterday to approx 20mls ,lovely day clear blue sky fresh nw wind ,let them up in five groups ,3 groups home ok next 2 well split up been coming in singles from 3pm till 10pm tonight ,still 9 missing also casualty list 1 with 2 broken legs ,1 with broken keel , 1 with front torn open .

Nothing as yet ,clear blue sky's and fresh north wind

My Old Favourite ,Horseshoe who was rung in 1995 and is the grandfather of my 4Th open this year ,had a few years of not filling his eggs but the last three years the old boys pencil has found new life,I have been keeping the one's that hatched for future stock as he was from the best family of birds i ever raced,This year he has produced another three young ,I have kept the last hatched for stock but decided to try his first hatched pair on the road ,sent the lovely young hen from him to compete in today's race and guess what first in the clock 8Th club,so much for all these fancy breeds cannae keep the good old Scottish family's down ,Well Pleased

That's fine ,the bird is in good health i will feed and water then send up Monday morning with the lads who are working on the new motorway section ,forecast is good so if its got anything in it should cope OK .

Your spot on there Derek mate,I have stopped phoning the numbers on the leg tags as all i get is OH HOW DID IT GET AWAY UP THERE AND DO YOU NO OF ANYWAY OF GETTING IT NEARER FOR ME ,simples if you dont want to send for it stop putting the silly we rings on

Got a nw doo in tonight can get it liberated at glasgow how far would it be from home ?

They fetch them back in as quick as they disappear really sad *expletive removed* .They call it Moffat dale largest concentration of falcons outwith cumbria .

NW Youngster in Moffat tonight must have came direct west down death valley at grey mare's tail 14 pair peregrine in that valley ,have pinned a medal on it ,either very brave or plain f--- stupid there are others on rooftops also but as yet don't no where from .

Our returns in the Lockerbie club at clock reading were mixed with some of us waiting on a few birds whereas others fared better ,race was won by our new member George Firth formerly of LEEDS with one of is darkness youngsters ,George had 20 from 21 at clock time ,I said to him after i had raced marked them last night that i could pick them out of the race hamper blindfolded such was there condition ,Well done George

Only a 100 plus away from Lockerbie to Solway fed first race from Appleby 65 miles to me ,lot of members not sent as we return there next week ,I have sent 11 and hope to take the first 10

Enjoy your holiday in sunny Florida

It was a mealy cock,timed by jack wylie as dickie was poorly and housebound ,still one of the finest pigeons i ever had the privilege of handling,the same bloodlines run through jimmy Dal's national winning hen Hoddam Dynamo

Still overcast at ptesent after wet night

Enjoy sure the weather will be ok,my 2 weeks are nearly up stayed at home to train the doos and the weathers been

I am sure you never set out to start a witch hunt against the control team as you state all we wanted to find out was what went wrong because it certainly went wrong big time ,weather may have been fine at liberation including the channel,but our birds had a lot of France to fly over before hitting the water ,then they had a vast expanse of water to face with no turning back ,we all no that day that we were racing a very active-weather front coming in from the Atlantic ,have spoken to many people and the weather from poole westwards towards Cornwall was not good with fog in Cornwall area's ,south wales was not good ,cricket was held at Nottingham because of rain ,also rained most of the day in york ,so our birds did not get it easy,still convinced they met major problems before they got out of France or even mid channel,if they had not we would have had many birds working home ,everyone of us including the controllers who also had birds away wished things had turned out different,we are always going to get a debate nowadays with the power of the Internet,nothing wrong in asking we are all trying to find the answers that are out there