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Well said John .

BIBENDUIM GINGELL CONDOLANCES TO BOTH FAMILYS TIMES LIKE THESE PUTS OTHER MATTERS INTO PERSPECTIVE

Would definitely agree with as early lib as possible to give all fair chance but we must give the race control team the time required to ensure best conditions for the birds and they like the rest of us do require sleep

Have two eight x six yb sections ,find before training 32 per section spot on ,put extra perches in one section to take more one year will not make that mistake again ,imo if like mine all youngsters and old bird race team are housed under one roof you have to be very careful with overall numbers regarding air quality

Would love to see Rennes back as the gold cup event ,was no better feeling than timing on the shift,all dependant on wind direction as to how far north birds are able to reach on the night if as stated they are not to late into south section birds more than capable of working into east and west sections certainly not as easy for north birds special pigeons to keep working on at those distances but jim donaldsons reims girl and others have put up some tremendous performances over the years

Well said ,i never go to buy pigeons just enjoy the weekend in good company but having viewed many birds on offer it certainly makes you very happy retuning home and viewing your own

LAST NIGHTS FOG CLEARED AWAY ,EVERYTHING STILL FROZEN WHITE FROM HARD FROST ,CLEAN ALL DOOS OUT NOW ,SHOWER THEN OF TO BLACKPOOL

Good luck to you should'nt go far wrong with that family

This is a true story about a yearling grizzle cock i once flew,it was about fifteen years ago when i lived in a house sitting on open farm land on the out skirts of moffat with fantastic views could see the birds racing home on a Saturday from a great distance away,there was a lovely couple from wales who owned a holiday caravan that sat on a piece of ground next door ,i arrived home one lunchtime when they excitedly appeared to tell me of events that morning they said they were sitting on the caravan veranda having breakfast when they noticed something move away down the field in the distance ,they got out there binoculars and here it was a pigeon walking up the field ,as it made its way towards them it would stop and rest then continue loosing site of it now and again because of the lie of the land,eventually they said it reached the fence at the bottom of my garden but was unable to fly over it because it was to weak ,it then walked towards them went under the gate of the field and walked up the front of my house and round the corner towards the pigeon loft,they then went round with me to the loft and there was the grizzle cock just a bunch of feathers ,had lost him week previous racing from cheltenham approx 240 miles ,i then decided he would recover till the following year but as the weeks went on he really picked up and took up with a hen from my young bird team following her all over the sky ,such was his condition i gave them a box and entered him in our federation race from France ,timing him to win first yearling in club and lovely trophy to go with it ,hope you all enjoyed reading the above wonderful things these feathered friends of ours

Have found that yearlings that go to snfc eastbourne make good 2-3 year olds,would also agree patience to build a team ,can perhaps take the odd gamble with the odd one if your overall team is strong and coming well ,every man to his on .

Sorry on last post it will i think be going for five national diplomas not gold award as they have not all been over the channel ,still some doo ,please correct me if i am wrong sure you will

sure the kinnears from edinbugh have a pigeon going for its gold award already been over the channel and only a yearling some doo in the hands of very good pigeon men

DONT SEE THAT WORKING AS ONE MAN COULD SIT WITH ALL HIS FEDERATION MEMBERS NATIONAL NUMBERS AND VOTE EN -BLOCK ,WE DO THE SAME TO GET OUR FITBA TICKETS ,GOT TO BE AT AGM OR ONLY OTHER ALTERNETIVE WOULD BE POSTAL VOTE WHICH WOULD BE FAIREST ,BUT HOW WOULD WE NO WHAT WE WERE VOTING FOR AS RACE PROGRAMME CAN BE ADDRESSED FROM FLOOR .

VERY GOOD GAME OF FOOTBALL LEEDS CAN BE PROUD OF THERE SHOWING ,WENGER HAD TO BRING THE BIG BOYS ON TO SETTLE THINGS ,WAIT TILL WE GO UP TO WHERE WE BELONG AND GET THAT EXTRA 40 MILLION TO WORK WITH .

Game on the arsenal do play some good football what a screemer from the leeds ,the arsenal dont like it when you get in there face think if we keep at them they will go down to ten men LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS

2-1 the leeds thats if we feel like giving them a goal LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS

Great stuff Walter ,do you think they were voted in to power in those days or just in the back door like the last lot ,hung parliament a no who should be hung ,only just started and already heading back to the thatcher years there that popular up here they won a grand total of one seat and he could nae even get the post o Scottish secretary ,and they say the meek will inherit the earth ,hate politics away tae watch ma Leeds united

During the world cup finals in Italy we stayed in southern France and travelled through to games ,had a friendly football game one day with a bunch of English lads and a big party afterwords stayed in there tents that night as it was to far to walk to base and we were all to p---d started walking back at back of four in morning and it was freezing that was in June ,think you would need to let temp rise a little before lib ,as for your race suggestion think that is a very fair point you have put forward giving all a chance ,it would then be up to each individual to send or not

Got Delaney on video stating they get birds murdered by peregrine coming in of the sea as they hit land then we get murdered from stranraer right up the solway estuary until they finally reach home just ask the stranraer boys what its like trying to train and race the coast along to carlisle mare chance a survival walking through larkhall wae a celtic strip on

Jocky used to phone me for weather reports when lanarkshire raced down this way had him down judging our club show at moffat year or two before he sadly passed away ,one of life's true gentlemen privileged to have known him ,the Harrisons were household names in those days my late friend Davy Nichol who built my loft in 1971 told me that he got pigeons when he raced many years previous to that and they came from a Mr Harrison at Leshmahagow sure he called him Bankie ,jocky did tell me what the family connection was but i forget ,sure he had a farm

Thats right Davy Robinson ma club mate and still flies a good doo ,we still got roads doon here that even john wayne widnae gan up

No that was with the SNFC think it was something to do with foot and mouth in france at the time but ma old grey matter lets me down at times

Yes spot on mate ,that year it was 19th july 4,036 birds competing liberated 9 am which proves the channel can be a dodgy place with weather changing very quickly good job they were not flying over 200 of open sea Disaster me thinks

Hi steven only just hame frae work mate what with that black ice this morning lost two hours ,as for your question about hastings yes we got a stinker when har drifted in after liberation still timed a cracker of a rd pied hen also got her at rennes following year ,but do agree fog nae good for doos .

Sorry sun rise longest day 21st june 4-55 so our races 5-30 ish sun on baskets in good weather