as most fanciers did years ago,we also flew west route here into fife,sure we had bad races but we also had good races hawick 50mls slow old bird races sometimes sore on youngbirds longtown normally good penrith/shap good/bad/ok lancaster good/bad /ok leyland good /bad/ok staford good worcester hard/ok cheltenham good/bad/ok dorchester/weymouth/christcurch/lymington/fareham/portsmouth good/bad/ok all i am saying is the bop are everywhere now but i really dont think there is a bad race point,bad lib site YES localised weather is as much a problem to doos (especially y/bs) also think splinterd libs nowadays does doos no good whatsoever (safety in numbers) we also starting to hear more about k index (which i know nothing about)but seems to be starting to add up sorry for posting on nowt to do with my fed