Hi Tariq don't forget to keep in touch and you will pick-up useful information that can be passed on to all the members as we are never too old to learn
Sometimes up here in Scotland an exceptional performance crops up, take this year from Rheims for example S.Mullins from Port Glasgow timed in his bird from a distance of 590 miles 450 birds took part, if you look at it in perspective this bird "Litterly " flew single up a truly great performance you would hardly see 450 birds over that distance . There are an abundance of good fanciers up here as there is down South and in Ireland so it all boils down to personal choice you like the fancier and his results buy his birds because someone will come up tomorrow with another great performance and another name will be added to an already long list.
Back to your old tricks Lennut !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????? nothing like a bit of good old controversy to get things moving as far as the apprenticeship to far to commute unless by correspondence course(evil)(evil)(evil)
I received my two birds and they are in great condition feather and body ,clear eyes and throat, feet clean,white wattles and firm droppings I would have to operate to find anything else and that is after a fair bit of travelling.
Woolies bust,mfi,click vauxhall on the bones of their backside just to mention a few I wonder how the resession will impact on the price of pigeons and who will have the power to move or buy have already seen pigeons being relisted