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When he started up again the main pigeons came from his good friend the flying dentist willem de bruen and the guy who was doing the paintworks at his house the partnership de vos .

Concentrate on the good health then you don't need quantity the quality will come good ,good luck to you .

Nice looking YB'S good luck with them .

Well done ,was once down in abergavenny visiting a mate of mine who was working on a gas pipeline in 2002,,he became a drinking pal of john smale's and we stayed in a family run hotel if you turn left when you come out of john's onto the main road the hotel was not far along the road on the right was like stepping back in time but did they look after us like kings ,the daughter even had the snuff out before the night finished and you think the scots are wild

Thanks he has always been in good health no need for pills or potions ,i called him horseshoe because he has a very distinctive white horseshoe at the back of his neck ,one of his sons a dark wf has the same marking ,it took me fifteen years but i was lucky enough last year to get a blue wf daughter from him with the same horseshoe so really chuffed ,his first eggs this year have hatched out a couple of days ago ,he is more than capable of rearing the youngsters but i must admit he does get his extra share of hormoform,extreme energy and the odd peanut

Leyland to me up here 117mls ,never liked it as a racepoint as i find it way of line although i have had a few firsts from it ,good luck on sat

Picture no 2 of the barless mealy or mosiac ? picture one of horseshoe and his mate they are its grandparents on the sire's side . On the dams side she is a dark hen direct daughter of the dam of stevie ferguson's tours winner 600mls only bird on the day ,how come this colour from two dark pigeons was reading this may throw back through the van der wegens as stevie's family are der wegen /jan arden based ?

Yeah never like the east winds steve ,to fast a race lost many a good doo in an easterly ,one of the first ever books i got on pigeons in the early seventies had a page on do's and dont's DON'T TRAIN PIGEONS IN EAST WINDS ,forty years later and i'm still doing it

All young hatched and started ringing them today ,location Moffat northern dumfriesshire on the border with lanarkshire

Appleby 63 mls,looking forward to getting the cobwebs of both me and the pigeons steven ,had the lights on tonight before i got finished with this crap weather

Been raining here,very overcast cold wind ,good luck with your race .

Good choice steven i bred this one for stock he is two this year bred four of him last year all raced still got three of them ,two scored 2nd and 4rd club from that bad leyland last year ,he is very closely related to superkoppel of van loon and silver shadow .

Thanks for posting the pictures frank not got the no how myself ,old horseshoe was always stock or nearly as i entered him in one race only as a five year old and he took 3rd club ,his grandmother was the finest racer i have ever owned winning in club and three times from gold cup all on day of liberation and best being 7th section 30th open flying 16 half hours into nw wind ,his mother topped fed for me when she was a yearling before receiving a nasty injury ,he has feathered feet going back to the family of gits ,his breeding comes down from mc ivor brothers tinto goldmine ,i have had some canny young from him lost a real topper few years back from eastbourne (to much money on it )he has always been a stunner winning handling class through wires and eyesign ,two young from him have only just hatched all these are kept for obvious reasons .his grandmother was rung 1975 his mother 1985 and he is 1995 who says old dont breed the goods ?

More clouds than blue sky sun not showing yet cold

Has been wet here this morning but has now cleared lovely day

Had birds at twenty miles hens of first all home cocks up last cleared really well but arrived home scattered four still missing all raced two three year olds raced 350mls one of cocks scored well in open last year ,when i was watching for latecomers sparrowhawk attacked hens knocking one to ground chased hawk of pigeon ,pigeon went under ford transit van and jumped up into engine had terrible job getting it out hawk had taken out half of its wing in seconds Welcome to 2011.

Gave them second toss at 7 miles yesterday all well so far ,move them on to 20mls today ,someone from either lanarkshire or midland fed seen liberating from Lockerbie yesterday lunchtime

Glorious blue sky

Lovely sunny day clear blue sky's

62 and a bit miles up here first toss the night all well weather wise all be giong ,last you've never been last before steve .

Been a cracking day down here in moffat ,took racers for there first toss tonight seven miles just to get them started slight north wind all returned unharmed good start so fingers crossed

Sun rising over hills looking good first trainer tonight

Well after reading today's local paper there seems to be no rules for some and lots of rules for others (we fanciers) Headline news Deer cull anger ,Hundreds of deer are being shot out of season at a community funded wildlife project near moffat ,Thousand of pounds were donated by the public to enable the borders forest trust to buy corehead farm and part of the Devils beef tub to restore biodiversity and animal habitat in 2009 ,But it has been revealed that deer are being shot out of season as it is to costly to erect a deer fence to protect the new trees ,it is stated that the trees could take between five and ten years to grow strong enough to manage themselves numbers of deer that have to be shot till then are estimated in the region of 500 ,all for the sake of a bit of wood but you cant touch a falcon cause it dis-nae eat trees only some racing pigeons .STRANGE OLD WORLD WE LIVE IN .

Nice surprise hearing from you walter hope both annelise and yourself are enjoying the break ,everything (A) ok here see you soon