The up north combine ,irish ,midland national ,nfc ,Scottish nationals No one nowadays gets good racing from 500 mls out of france To many of us are living in the past the golden years of the 70s when birds were tumbling home When you got good birds in those days you had them for 3 to 4 years never dropped them at a silly club race But this is 2017 these things don't happen now and are not going to change such is the environment our birds have to race in We set them up what we have left send them and hope for the best knowing fine well they will not all return We get our share of good days but more often bad The convoys are going with far to many inexperienced birds in through no fault of their own Years ago our youngsters were well schooled went to the coast as yearlings that does not happen now as their numbers are getting halved week after week Sadly good pigeons nowadays are just as good as their last race with no guarantee of survival from 10 miles Atb Everyone I do hope your birds work in Mick