thunderboult

lol yeah a bit, i should have known better.

to be honest with you , i can't understand most of which you written. but the bit at the end seems like a dig at our racing. i race with the bbc,welsh south road(who go with the woec,cscfc,lsecc) and this year i've joined the nfc(i'm sure you know what vels. they're races close at). at the moment some are homing for me in race time, some are not.

i used to be a good(local league) no nonsense full back in my day lol (i'm only 38 now) and way past it lol

we have more than enough down here as it is, 2 yrs ago half way through the old bird season i had 9 cocks out injured through hawks(it's tough going when you only have about 15 cocks to start with ). last season i lost my 2 best cocks on short training tosses(3+4yr old birds) birds like these don't get lost. my 2 cocks from tarbes last season have both missed a year racing due to hawk attacks(ripped open) i think i see more than my fair share of hawks, and thats's without the sparrow hawks around home. which are about every day as i live close to the countryside.

ok i take back the easiest part( i did'nt mean easy by it) but i still don't agree with what a few on here have said that the scottish birds have the toughest route. that's just my views, i'm not looking to offend anyone,least of all the scots as my gran is scottish and am proud of it.

we have plenty of hawks down here in wales also and plenty of rain and mountains and valley's

if you think diffrent state it, don't just say it's a load of crap. i live in west wales and have races to over 750 mls . i'm stating what i think. at the end of the day our birds are having to cross water and scottish birds don't, so to me that's an easier way to finish.

mine not here either.

i think the scottish distance birds have one of the easiest routes into the uk and why i think this is because scottish birds get to cross the channel early in the day while they're still fresh and in good daylight and then are over land as they're getting tired and towards the end of the day so they can roost up if they want, were as a birds flying into ireland and the southern parts of the uk have to face the water late in the day when they're tired and with nowhere to roost up if they fall short.

they're looking nice,well done.

hi albear, i bought a van eijden dvd last week, i was well impressed. i've got a dvd here the greatest story ever told, some excellent van geels,ardens and wegans on it brought over here by terry, what happened to these birds any ideas.

yeah, i get you. what become of the van geels/ardens and van de wegans

i believe this stud is no longer around, can anyone tell me when they finished and what happened with their birds. also is terry is alive/involved in pigeons . thanks.

i'm just getting into the long races(500-750+) and i'm using a mix of british top long distance flyer's and mixing them with louella ardens. early signs look good. i don't believe in just 1 strain.

ljb stop winding me up .lol

hopefully it won't be to long before it starts here, i'm like a big kid when it snows.

just had a squint outside, nowt here. the last lot has'nt gone yet. most of the roads through my village are still very dodgy to drive on.

what's the story with the kruisbeck(what's he won/bred?) i seen is name on ponderosas site but did,nt notice any records for him.

hi albear, just been looking, i see mona lisa is from a brother to madonna .

top quality .

had a 1995 bred a hen still fertile last season, my mates got her now, but i think she'll still produce, handles well for her age. bought her as a 10 yr old from louella. dtr of aquilla.

i thought bubbles was a silvere toye pigeon.

do the nipa sent that many birds to france? wow.

here's a g-son of the godfather of wim muller. he's out of a full brother to maddonna

he looks a little cracker ant