john cumming

im 135miles east of dundee on shearwater oil/gas platform & its very poor here, wind 51 knots gusting 60 knots from a northerly direction 356 degrees 100% cloud cover down to 200 feet, heavy rain, rain forecast for the next 12 hours+ and poor visibility, sea state/swell 7.5 mtrs+ 7 degrees at the moment, feels like winter has arrived ?? just hope no birds have strayed offshore, on a plus the 20 or so racing birds that were here disappeared yesterday when the wind first got up and the skies were still clear, headed south west john

here here, i was missing 14 from 32 at 7pm last night, think there will be many postmortems today?? was a strange/hard day for the birds yesterday and by all accounts looking at some of the comments many have taken a hit of some sort, just hope they work back or are reported john

Happy birthday pps, have a cracking day john

BUCKIE & DISTRICT RPC, 23-07-11, BRECHIN RESULT, 5 / 107 pos ---- name-------- dist --- fly/time --- clocked ---- velocity 1.JAMES REID, 63.0670, 02.29.43, 09.59.43, 745.074 YPM. 2.JAMES REID, 63.0670, 02.29.51, 09.59.51, 744.411 3.DAVIE BARRIE, 66.734, 02.40.59, 10.10.59, 726.125 4.STEPHEN COWIE, 66.731, 02.41.26, 10.11.26, 724.082 5.STEPHEN COWIE, 66.731, 02.42.16, 10.12.16, 720.364 6.LEON KOWALCZYK, 66.567, 03.15,46, 10.45.46, 596.256 7.JOHN CUMMING, 66.944, 03.27.50, 10.57.50, 563.451 8.JOHN CUMMING, 66.944, 03.29.03, 10.59.03, 560.172 9.LEON KOWALCZYK, 66.567, 03.39.22, 11.09.22, 532.189 10.DAVIE BARRIE, 66.734, 03.43.56, 11.13.56, 522.004 well done to jimmy reid on winning the race and the bag of corn & to leon kowalczyk in scooping the pool money very hard race again with many perches still to be filled

think my birds walked home they were that slow?? haha john

like a winters day, cold, and overcast with a northerly gale off the sea, a day for being at the fir side john

well in my opinion davie the earlier the better, that wind looks like increasing steadily through out the day fae a northerly direction john

lads lets just keep it civil, let the agm sort the business out, we are not doing ourselves any favours here or the sport of pigeon racing in general, we all have out thoughts and opinions and are entitled to them but lets have it sorted at our agm please john

spot on alistair john

aye lads i agree, in my opinion 28 birds is excessive, 24 / 25 being more realistic, have tae think twice before sending john

happy birthday vander, enjoy john

I AGREE TOTALLY EACH TO THEIR OWN?? ITS DOWN TO WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL FANCIER WANTS/REQUIRES JOHN

correct twelve bore spray works 100% success rate!!! so ive heard john

looks the business ben john

Happy birthday Hjaltland, have a good one , ah the best john

for me i train my youngsters from 5 miles up to around 30 miles usually around 6 to eight training tosses then to the first race 67 miles. i usually only go as far as 200 miles max, i think its far enough for the youngsters and i wont send them if the weather doesnt look favourable, like some of the comments suggest you have to think about next year?? but not everyone shares the same opinion as there are fanciers who put their birds to the young bird national and will usually fly the whole young bird fed programme up to 250+ miles then send to the national which is some 360 miles give or take a few miles and good luck to them all john

good idea, i think its the way to go, but it would be down to the connvoyer discrecion as he/she has enough to do getting the birds ready for liberating?? john

Happy birthday folks, have a good one all the best john

im stuck on (shell) shearwater oil/gas platform 135 miles east of montrose/dundee approx sunrise: 03.26 utc, sunset: 20.30 utc. wind direction: 248* south westerly 8 to 12 knots. temp: low 14.1, high 15.1 air pressure: low 990hpa, high 1034hpa weakening slowly , moving north then veering east visibility: 10 miles +. sea swell average: 1.3 mtrs. average wave height: 1.3 mtrs. no cloud cover and sunshine weather is changing for the weekend with strong nnw winds 347* rain forecast and a medium risk of lightning, sea state waves/swell up to 4.5 metres + john

it is in the shetland islands, at the northern point of the island of unst, it is some place. john

im on the shearwater ( shell )oil/gas platform 135 miles east of dundee, clear blue skies, visibility 10 knotable miles plus wind speed 20 knots gusting 25 knots at 130* south easterly, lovely day john

well done to darren clarke the clarret jug couldnt have gone to a better guy, good things come to those who wait as they say?? john

aye yer rite robbie, we have had the full set here, everything from sparrow hawks to sea eagles tae peregrines, even the odd owl now n then, im on the shearwater, on a lighter note i did see a sparrow hawk meet its maker while chasing small migrating birds here, got its co ordinates wrong and took a nose dive into the drink?? the end rite better away n see if i can catch onybody working?? haha no chance theyll be watchin the golf just like am away to do john

davie, ats spot on bud john ps: there must be about 20 racing doos flying around the rig here?? & a sparrow hawk??

and he is at home just now?? john