Walter swanston

It’s a sad fact that no one likes to be the bearer of bad tidings including our illustrious leadership

What have I done during the past 5 weeks that I have been in lockdown? Power washed the greenhouse,two huts and the pigeon loft. Cut the grass three times Painted the gate two doors and a wall. Raked the gravel Put down weed killer Started bedding out plants for hanging baskets and sweet peas. Read a lot of books Watched a lot of Netflix and AmazonPrime I am totally f****** sick looking at the place and will have to make a break for freedom soon.

Now in thfourth week of this dreadful lockdown.The air is about 40% cleare,the dawn chorus is deafening, I glimpsed a fox in the place yesterday morning,badgers are everywhere through the night,hedgehogsare back ,pipistrelle bats are around in the evening,roe deer on the outskirts of town.Small consolidation I suppose but interesting all the same.

The next organised pigeon race in the UK will be April 2021

TheSpanish Flu killed a minimum of 50 million people between January 1918 and December 1920.There was not so much inter continental travelling then although it ravaged the eastern seaboard of the USA carried there by returning troops from World War1

There is no easy answer to this.Police work by it’s very nature can be up front and personal but the cops ain’t go no protective clothing.

Heavy fines are almost impossible to enforce in this dayand age,The alternative is prison which only adds to the problem.o

There is an ongoing controversy over the wearing of face masks during this epedemic.Some experts insist they are necessary other equally well qualified academics deride their use.

Mark Goldie will be sadly missed in the Solway,he was devoted to the sport of racing pigeons and made an enormous contribution on the administrate affairs of the Federation. I extend my sincere condolences to his wife Pat.

Why do you thinkGod put grass on the ground and leaves on the trees

Hi anyone who has Netflix watch TheEnglishGame it’s about the birth of professional football in England.I do not know iritis an accurate portrayal but it is interesting.

I hope that everyone on this site avoids the virus and stays safe.Having said that when it’s all over the survivors will demand a reckoning from these muppets in Westminster.

Is this your first wife son?

A new 17 minute work by Dylan about the Kennedy assassination most appropriate for the times in which we are living..Do yourselves a favour find it on the internet and listen.

IfI survive this I am going to hosta serious barbecue this summer.Everyone is invited, there will be steaks, burgers,sausages and plenty of different kinds of booze even including Buckie for any guests from deepest Lanarkshire.

I am doing the same happy enough to watch the pigeons flying around the place all summer (if I survive the virus).I very much doubt if there will be any racing this year.

What I see on this thread is that an experienced and successful fancier states that he has never done any good with doos that have not been trained or raced in their birth year. Another equally experienced fancier wins big with a two year old bird on its first time in a basket. Interesting!

Very good Roland, apologies for the facetious rejoinder.As a committed republican and Scottish Nationalist I have no quarrel with your comments..But as this isa pigeon site and my only access to social media I should saythatI could despair at the attitude of some of my fellow fanciers It is becoming increasingly clear that while lives are at risk it up to us all to take sensible precautions especially the elderly (I am 87 years old).Surely it is now becoming almost certain that there will be no old bird racing this year.A situation which I profoundly regret.

Who said PrivateFrazerwas died.

Absolutely we must not lose sight of the predicament of our fellow human beings pigeon racing is hardly a priority

Interesting Andy the police and the armed forces will be immune to coronavirus

OK let’s all ignore the scientific advice and wander off to the marking stations from our secluded homes should be alright only about 15 guys there.OR MAYBE NOT.

Maybe get some guidance from the SHU

You and Elaine take care Graham guid folk are scarce.