I agree you can only fly from where you live and not for one minute do I think they guys down your way can't fly a pigeon but we are talking about our gold cup race that only the best in your loft should be going to and my own opinion is it should be harder not easier at least 550 to us in the west . I have tried all my life to win the section from the nat and was lucky to do so last year , I bred 8 pigeons the same as the winner none made it to a national all lost training or racing or even at home.i have been here 8 years and still can't get a team or family together it is that hard , I am not looking for sympathy or nowt but I have raced with success with the brother in the east of Scotland and it has no comparison to racing here , how the hell the guys up north keep going is amazing . Best of luck in gold cup .