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would you want me to introduce you to my son. 6 feet 1 Rugby playing chef who races pigeons.

Can't top that but ! After starting the season with just three broken pigeons, getting one from Palamos 751 miles even if he was out of race time. Then 57th BBC Lamballe young bird 274 mile the first time I had sent to either race.

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Do you not just bring in birds you like. Race them till they perform to your expectations, or not, then you breed 'em in to your own stock. I try and bring in new stock every year, and at the end I may still have one or two left. This year I have a pair of Carmichaels to try. Bertie Bassetts are the best.

Beautiful weather clear sky and no rain here. No lib yet Warwick fed at Yelverton.

Mine went 162 mile and had a tough 'un. So I didn't send to Guernsey, instead, I sent to Bath 82 mile and then in to Lamballe 274 mile. It's not necesarily the milage, I wouldn't send cos they came on the Sunday. And I don't think of me self as being soft on 'em. 274 mile is a good fly for a natural young bird (57th) 751 mile from Palamos. So as you can see I ask a lot from them.

I've been trying to upload some birds for sale on this site and can't get it to work. Having trouble with the size of the photo's and pedigree's any help please

Surely any quality strain are made from a blend of all sorts. The birds in my pen are pure mine. No body elses strain seems to hang around here in large numbers.

Dull and over cast, but it has just stopped raining here.

Warwick fed at Newton Abbott lib 8.40 light west wind.

But he is a bird man and takes 'em home feeds and waters until he can deliver

Tiz no good me having sprinters. What you say is true. Tiz the right birds that do it not the strain.

Bet ya keep it if it's off your Tarbes hen

Sounds like the right way to do it to me. I have to say my preference would be to look for Barcelona on the pedigree as many times as possible. I've just parted with 8 nice youngsters as good as I've got. A shortage of cocks led me to buy 2 Aardens from Mass'es and I have to say I bought them off the web site, and Barcelona was all over the pedigree, They certainly look the part. Buy the best youngsters you can and race hard, till you have found the best. A pair is always good single birds are hard to breed with

You weren't the only ones. I am 49th BBC Lamballe but got 1 from 6 and 1 from 2 out of Taunton. The BBC had just 110 birds verified from 1300. Tough day for many I think.

Got to agree with that one. Well done Stuart

1 from 6 out of Lamballe BBC 274 mile

Warwick fed at Taunton 122 mile. BBC at Lamballe 274 mile.

Any body sent to this one. 274 mile to me, and about 1300 birds gone. Best o' luck to anyone brave enough or foolish enough.

Best o' luck Heather hope you do well.

I'd rather not admit to that but yes

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Yea I'd like 'em at the race point, just in case. We can still get the forecasts wrong. The birds would only benefit from the experience of being held over on a short race, rather than being held later on with farther to fly.

Yes I think it's harder to get birds to fly 751 mile into Scotland than it would be to here.

Well got my bird from Palamos this year 751 mile and there's Spangle blood in him.