I started going into 1 of my uncles lofts as a young kid ( 2 of my uncles and 2 of my cousins raced pigeons ) and that was me hooked and i was soon in the loft every day and ended up in partnership with him and learned quite a lot from him mostly in the pub on a friday night after the doos were away ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D We stayed in partnership until he died about 11 years ago and since then i have raced them on my own..