Just my opinion everyone to their own 1/ My own youngsters years ago were trained to the 1st racepoint Shap prior to the season commencing Then the club had a scramble race week before so they had probably been three times Nowadays get trained up to 20 mls continuously being struck and loosing confidence 2/ Our Fed the Solway for birds to win later in life they must be raced on line which to us means them coming through the Cumbrian hills ,old bird racing has been good when Falcons are sitting but young birds are racing at worst time of year and we are getting hammered 3/ We sold 7500 rings yet only 1100 at Friday's race which was only 100 mls to shortest flyers I know some don't race youngsters ,some have stopped their naturals but I do not believe 6000 plus are being wintered ? 4/ I see Lanarkshire raced today with 1300 ish How many rings were Distributed? 5/ Ayrshire I believe had a stinker today I have one in tonight and others in the town flying lost 6/ with Lanarkshire and Ayrshire flying the East or central route the further they go the birds are reverting to what is natural to them and flying line of flight which brings them through totally unchartered territory for them it was posted on basics by South lanarkshire fancier that his birds homed from South and I have had ayrshire birds in last three weeks which are now back with their owners which proves birds are trying to fly line of flight 7/ until we all pull together and clear a line of flight for our birds it is getting worse by the year 8/ the yearlings I clocked from littlehampton only had two YB races this is the line I am going to go down in future as to many good decent birds are being lost 9/ Everyone to their own but the costs incurred cannot be justified for a working family with the losses we are facing weekly Good luck to all for what is left of the season ,I myself have finished for the season due to losses which are unacceptable