Sect D winner in y/b national landed with my 2nd pigeon, which was 5 minutes after my first. It was timed 10 mins later in Broxburn probs abt 7-8 miles as the crow flies, so it wisnae in the leading batch, neither was my FIRST pigeon!
Worked at Low Row a couple of years ago, right in the middle of the Tyne Valley next to Haltwhistle halfway between Newcastle and Carlisle. I thought doos couldnae come out the Tyne Valley??
True Andy but you know loads of fanciers pigeons are not fit and healthy and like all lofts, some are not good enough and get lost and this is why your fed is having this argument every year about routes to fly. IMO anyone west of Harthill should fly West as the valleys are there for the shortest route home,(not flying the long way round) also helps to avoid clashing especially with youngsters.