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NO LUCK STILL WAITING THOMASD HAVE ONLY HEARD OF A FEW PEOPLE THAT GOT SOME HOME.NOT MANY MUST OF CROSSED.

WELLDONE THOMASD IM STILL WAITING FOR MY 10.

THE ISRF LIBBED IN TALBENNY AT 930 THIS MORNING,ANYONE ON HERE KNOW HOW THE BIRDS CLEARED AND DID THE NIPA CLEAR WELL ALSO . GOOD LUCK TO ALL WE AREV GOING TO NEED IT TODAY.

I THOUGHT IT STRANGE YOU MARKED LAST NIGHT BUT THE SAME HAPPENS TO US WHEN WE RACE WITH THE NATIONAL FLYING CLUB,THEY LEAVE DUBLIN TRAVEL NORTH THEN COME BACK THROUGH DUBLIN SOME HOURS LATER THEN GO OUT THROUGH WEXFORD, IN A WORD CRAZY. ONLY THE BRAVE BIRDS WILL MAKE IT TOMORROW SO WISHING YOU ALL LUCK.

HAVE SENT 10 THIS MORNING FOR HOPEFULLY A LIB SATURDAY MORNING, ITS GOING TO BE A HARD RACE INTO A WEST WIND GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT SENT.

ROSE I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE MOVED INLAND ABOUT 10 MILES AND THEN THEY COULD HAVE A LITTLE RUN AT IT.

BOXER WE DONT HEAR WHAT TIME THEY ARE GOING TO LIB UNTIL THERE GONE,BUT MOST TIMES ITS EARLY ONCE NO MIST OR FOG.

I AGREE WITH EAMON (SHORTCUT LOFTS) IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR FIRST HAND HOW THE LIB WENT DID THEY CLEAR ANY HAWK ATTACKS AT LIB SITE ETC.

THANKS BOXER AND CH PIED FOR YOUR REPLYS, BOXER ILL BE LOGGING ON EARLY SAT MORNING THANKS

CH PIED IVE HEARD ABOUT THIS FROM THE WELSH IVE MET AT KESSAL AND AT THE BLACKPOOL SHOW,DONT KNOW WHY OUR FED KEEPS SENDING THERE,ITS ONLY 116 MILES TO ME AND YOU EITHER GET MOST HOME OR NOTHING AT ALL.

HI BOXER IM SENDING A COUPLE THIS WEEKEND ,WILL YOU BE ON THE FORUM SATURDAY MORNING FOR A WEATHER UPDATE FOR ME SO I CAN JUDGE HOW LONG THEY SHOULD TAKE.IVE HEARD THE PLACE IS FULL OF PERCYS IS THIS SO.

THE ISRF ARE RACING FROM TALBENNY IN WALES THIS SATURDAY,IS THEIR ANYBODY OFF THE FORUM LIVING NEAR THERE.

THE DUTCH GOT HAMMERED A WEEK OR TWO AGO MOST OF THEIR BIRDS ENDED UP IN ENGLAND BECAUSE OF A SOUTH EAST WIND, ID REPORT TO THE DUTCH FEDERATION ADDRESS WILL BE IN THE BACK OF THE SQUILLS BOOK

IF YOU VALUE HER DONT SEND HER, A HEN OF MINE LAYED ON TUESDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY, SENT HER SATURDAY AND SHE WON,YOUR HEN LAYED TO LATE AND SHE WILL LAY AGAIN WHEN SHE IS AWAY.

MOST OF THE BELGIUM AND DUTCH SWAP AND EXCHANGE PIGEONS,ONCE IN THEIR LOFTS THE YOUNSTERS OFF THEM TAKE THEIR NAMES .

TERRIBLE NEWS I HOPE THEY CATCH THEM VERY SOON.

THANKS EAMAN DO YOU THINK THEY WILL GET A LIB SATURDAY OR WILL THEY HOLD TILL SUNDAY, SUNDAY LOOKS BETTER, LOADS LOST DOWN SOUTH LAST WEEK FROM ROSSCARBURY ABOUT 1 THIRD OF THE CONVOY IF NOT MORE.

ARE THE NIPA UF AND EDC RACE MARKING FOR A LIB SATURDAY.

JUST GOT IN TO WORK, FED BIRDS AT 630 , BASKETING BETWEEN 5 AND 630 TONIGHT, DOESNT LOOK GREAT FOR AN EARLY LIB, WERE IN SKIBBEREEN.

TIME TO LOG OFF I THINK.

Stopped letting them out arround the loft 3 weeks ago,just train them most days from 23 miles then race them saturday.

Thanks all for the advice,feeding a fairly light mix early during week then a bit stronger during end of the week,ill send my darkness babies this week and see how they come,the following week we have a comeback race so 2nd team will go then.

PIGEONPETE THEY WERE COMMING WELL IN THE RACES UP TO LAST WEEK WHEN WE HAD A STRANGE RACE,I WAS 10 MINS BEHIND THE WINNER AND ENDED 15TH CLUB BIG GAPS IN EVERYBODYS RETURNS.WAS 5TH AND 9TH , 3RD 4 TH AND 5TH ,AND 2ND IN THE OTHER 3 RACES.

BLACK WF IVE MAYBE BEING GIVING THEM A LITTLE TO MUCH FOOD BUT I WANT THEM FOR NEXT YEAR ,SOME OF THE GUYS SENT THEM VERY LIGHT AND I WONT GO DOWN THAT ROAD,MAYBE I NEED TO GET THE BALANCE RIGHT ALSO ILL TOSS THEM UP IN SMALL BATCHS AND SEE HOW THEY GO THANKS.

TONY THEY HAVE HAD BETWEEN 15 AND 20 TOSSES FROM 23 MILES,11 HAVE 4 RACES OUT TO 163 MILES.I THINK ITS TAKING THEM TO LONG FOR SUCH A SHORT DISTANCE.