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you know your wellcome here anytime joe but you only get out what you put in pal

good pigeon ryan and good photo

must say a big thankyou to mrs mckay for the punctuation and set out your a lady

yes imo such as wires to close and trees also to near a main road or motorway falcons nesting nearby that are on the birds as they are libbed lots of things can make it a bad race site or a combination of things but its up to the convoyer to report back to the race controller if he thinks there is a problem at any lib site as there the guys that see whats going on jmo

well done lads and well done davie for helping the boys out it was a good wee aft noon out to

well done all

rip davie

ill be up and ready to rock in the morning jim lol

in a word no john if i cant see they cant see m8 the pylon is more used as a yardstick for training if i cant see the top it tells me the mist or fog is lying in the clyde valley so i wait till i can see the top of the pylon before leaving to train

as ive said before guys my birds are out in all weathers bar for gale force wind because the birds can be blown into wires and roof tops as for fog if it was very bad id wait till it lifted a bit if i cant see they cant see simple as that a wee bit of commonsence as jim says we use the pylon about a mile and a half away as a yardstick as we sit in a valley but its very seldom the fog is that bad we cant get them out but in saying that its happened twice in the last two weeks i could not see across the road to jims house at 7 30 but by 11 oclock it had lifted but that was the first for years

that is good news george well done to you both

happy birthday aldo and best pal karen hope you have a great day

it is pat but we get there in the end m8 lol

to jim looking for up and over nest boxes thanks to big jamie willie millen and martin hilley we picked up 24 petron up and overs this morning crackers so he is all set for the new season thanks guys

cheers davie

cracking pigeons ken

yes m8

hear hear mary is doing a great job imo

looks even better now i have the name spelled correctly cant believe all the family looked at it plus jim and i and no one spotted my name was wrong jim hannah sorted it in 5 mins no harm done and we are all getting older mistakes happen thanks again jim

had a good white hen in the early eighties won the first yb race then took pigeon pox in one eye so was stopped for the year as a yearling she was 3rd club blandford 360 miles winning a brand new benzing clock for first nom as a two yearold she was 85th westsection 184th open in a hard rennes national nearly 6000 birds think that was 82or83 she was bred down from eastrigg supream the rennes nat winner and lady jean the nantes national winner lost her at rennes the following year but you get some good white ones ok

thanks for all the replies lads dont mind telling you we had some laughs along the way like the time we were away training and both of us struggled to climb over a large steel gate to get into a field to lib the birds only to discover it was not locked or the time i noticed jim was struggling with sore legs basketing his yb team so i said i know we can cut a wee door in the loft so you can put the basket against it and just chase the birds in but with the loft being made of overlap planks it meant strapping all around it to hold the planks together the only solid part was the door so i said we can cut ten inch off the bottom right across the door then put two hinges on it jim said good idea so theres me with my bad knees and bad back on the ground with a jig saw while jim held the door ajar after about 5 mins cutting and jim helping me back to my feet the wee door was 10 inch at one side running down to 8 inch at the other lol but it done the job i could go on jims wife netty says its like watching laurel and hardy after building something we both look like we work in a butchers shop there is blood everywhere but we get there in the end

lol dont think so davie maybe next year m8

anyway it was still a great night at snfc presentation lol

thanks lads and thanks to the guys that spotted the mistake in my name i had not noticed it eyes not great but ill get jim to sort it thanks guys

thanks pat but the credit is all jims i just told him what to do he had to get off his backside and do it and he did me proud