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The following birds will have their freedom shortly SU 13 M. 478 SU 13 F. 3101 SU 13. L. 6861 SU 13. M. 1620 SU 13. L. 983 SU 11. A. 1530 Good Luck to All

Solway liberated Stafford 8-30 no wind Approx 2400

Full cloud cover Fresh wind on chilly side at present

Stafford 182mls My team 6 hens 4 cocks 2 of the hens are aunts to my Newbury cock Saddleback One going for her first outing the other for her second May not win tomorrow but will win class

Been reading the comments regarding Midland losses Would like to add that I regard Andy Mc Kie as not only one of our sports Gentlemen but also one of the finest race controllers . Andy phones me every Saturday from early morning onwards for weather reports and always puts the welfare of his convoy first When Andy spoke to me again on Saturday as the morning progressed he said he had also been in contact with our own race controller and that the solway had liberated at Lymm at that the line of flight was clear including Shap We had a wee spot of fine drizzle early morning in Moffat then no rain whatsoever ,I told Andy I would make contact as soon as the low cloud had lifted the high hills which happened within ten minutes of our conversation The sun was now out with blue broken sky NO RAIN I phoned Andy immediately that all was 100% On days with weather reports as the BBC predicted and when Feds still decide to send it is a lot to ladle onto one mans shoulders As for Sunday I left Moffat in sunshine to drive down to Gretna 30miles 7mls south at johnstonebridge the roads were very wet Started raining at Lockerbie ,very very heavy rain from fechan to eagles field Monsoon to Kirkpatrick Fleming Hailstones thunder and lightning to Gretna We also had a sticky race from Charnock the previous week I lost all my yearling cocks Perhaps it's just to close to the hills Hate seeing controllers getting slagged when they are only doing a job none of us want Out of their beds phoning line of flight when others are all wrapped up cozy Look in the mirror and you'll see the man that sent them .

Tidy set up Stuart The loft must have the same draw as you A Babe Magnet

Had 2 racers return with half wing missing One lanarkshire in at present with most tail missing Club mates with same problems birds injured and teams being decimated With the falcons now rearing young if a source of racing pigeon is available which it is at present Each falcon is capable of eating 300 racers each per year Now when the figures were quoted in the nineties as 1300 breeding pair of falcons They could eat a yearly average of over 1 million racers At a reserved estimate today's true figure for breeding pairs would be more like 10,000 to 20,000 That would equate to approx 15 million kills for them to survive

I stand corrected Trying to save you 9 yards for Stafford As the Moffat team will be back in action

1st George a & L Firth 1370-29 2nd Kenny Thomson 1357-61 3rd Kenny Thomson 1357-22 4th Davy Robinson 1337-52 5th George a & L Firth 1332-15 6th George a L Firth 1326-82 7th Kenny Thomson 1323-46 8th Davy Robinson. 1265-15 9th Dave Cockcroft. 1234-37 10th Dave Cockcroft 1061-36

That's from Stranraer area sw Scotland They were liberated with solway fed Lymm yesterday Heard they had poor returns

Top man Davie

Five strangers on my house roof Looking sorry for themselves Been a crap night Will put food out in morning for them

Good race Andy Well Done

Well the forecasters called it wrong big time a wee spot of drizzle first thing Plenty of blue sky's and sunshine since 11am Very good visibility

Have let common sence prevail Sending 0 Forecast for next Saturday 23 degrees Rather have them 180mls in sunshine Than 140mls in rain Good luck to the doos that get sent

The most sensible post to appear on basics for many a year

Reported the bird today and phoned the owner tonight He checked his records and rang back it was lost as a yearling As it was rubbered someone else must be racing it

Just delivered my red hen Well done George get the feet up after a hard day

Hope it makes home was in good condition cleared well this morning

The Cheq Cock SU 10 B 3911 Has landed back this evening Just noticed he also has a rubber on his ets leg Will contact SHU in morning perhaps been out for a while ?

At Abingdon services SU 13 A 2642 SU 13 L 1685 SU 13 SB 1385 SU 10 B. 3911 SU 13 NW 3900 Well fed watered and in good condition

Well done Mate

The sun broke through the back of 2 and we have had a wonderful afternoon Strong southerly wind Returns should be very good

Now now lads surely it cannae be that bad as it's the only race ye canny stick one hand in the North Sea If you google it still miles nearer east than west

Made contact with Jamie thanks