Kyleakin Lofts

Broken cloud with blue skies, not overwarm and still wind here in East Ayrshire.

Good morning all.

They'll be thinking about the doos in the north east that could still beat them in the morning, so they'll not be sleeping tonight either.

Ayrshire North Road Federation Montrose on 21/06/2014 at 09:30 22 Members sent 184 Federation Birds STRONG WEST WIND 1 A Lawrence & Son DRO 118m 190y SU13AN2012 DC C 1125.041 2 A Lawrence & Son SU09B3471 CH C 1124.533 3 A Lawrence & Son SU13AN2026 R C 1120.794 4 A Lawrence & Son SU13AN2004 B C 1120.190 5 A Lawrence & Son SU12B3572 CH C 1119.085 6 A Lawrence & Son SU12B3549 B C 1117.881 7 J Speirs DRO 118m 448y SU13AN1986 CH H 1109.424 8 J Brown DRO 118m 29y SU13A3996 B C 1109.158 9 A Lawrence & Son SU12B3538 CP C 1108.049 10 A Lymburn MAU 111m 1211y SU12AN1268 BC H 1102.824 11 J Auld MAU 111m 1222y SU12AN1122 GR C 1097.444 12 G Slaven MAU 114m 814y SU10AN1214 B H 1089.959 13 A Mathieson MAU 111m 1065y SU13AN620 CH C 1083.950 14 A & J Owens CUM 113m 1047y GB11J03870 B C 1070.751 15 J L Dumigan VAL 109m 839y SU09A1928 B C 1067.572 16 J MacKenzie CUM 112m 188y SU12AN874 BL C 1022.940 17 K Galloway MAU 111m 882y SU13AN2132 GR H 998.124 18 D McCullen VAL 109m 926y SU12A2113 B C 990.745 19 J Robertson VAL 113m 1654y SU12A6049 R C 987.431 20 M Hilland VAL 109m 1164y SU12A6136 DC C 961.335 21 J Dunlop CAR 128m 1163y SU12A2320 M C 950.533 22 J & A McDougall CUM 112m 727y SU12AN836 BF C 918.785 23 A Kyle VAL 104m 252y SU12AN2193 B C 854.707 24 J Wilson CAR 123m 441y SU13AN1692 B H 800.939 25 E Quinn CAR 121m 1102y SU11AN2332 CH H 721.963 26 J Aitken CUM 112m 551y SU13AN857 CH C 436.264

Good morning all.

Nice day here in East Ayrshire, broken clouds, sunny skies.

Happy birthday.

No race on Saturday due to air show at Prestwick airport or some such, but racing from Portlethen 130 - 160 miles with Ayrshire North Road Fed on Sunday 29th. Next is Thurso 200 - 230 miles after a short comeback trainer.

Weather on the channel is not taken into consideration, the UK pigeons only make up a tiny part of the entry; 500 into an entry of 15000 or some such.

Glad it is back.

Good John, did Robert sort it for you?

You've read my post incorrectly Charlie. I stated that I thought that was Bigda's idea. I mentioned the BOP in South Ayrshire since that would probably be the arrival point in Scotland. You only have to look at the state of the fancy in Galloway area to see the decline which will no doubt be in part to the BOP situation. Why do Ayrshire pigeons arrive from southern race points in the direction of the north west coast? I don't think they are crap and follow the other pigeons causing them to retrace, I think they have found a way of circumnavigating the worst of the BOP combined to the Eastern race route the majority of them have raced.

C'mon Novo, support Bigda and the Pilgrims.

PM Novice. Robert lives in Beith. Other than that I could go over.

Good morning all.

Happy birthday Joan.

Broken clouds, sunny spells, nice day here in East Ayrshire.

BOP are as bad over there as they are over here. I think Bigda's point is that our pigeons wouldn't have to work through the Sperrins or wherever else they would be easy pickings and after crossing the Irish Sea into West of Scotland they could fan out to approach their home lofts without the channelling through the southern hills where the BOP again have easy pickings. Lots of BOP in Ayrshire, especially southern sections, but more leeway to escape. There is some sense in what he says. Kyleakin the Pilgrim.

I'll race from Ireland, you organise it.

Single up used to be advocated to find the pigeons that could navigate and to train them to be happy flying solo. Double up or triple up was advocated to give the pigeons a flying mate to race against thus speeding them up because single tossing definitely produced lower velocities. With this in mind, the larger the flock the faster they would fly once they build a 'head of steam', especially so with sprint style racing. With regards to training, do not put all your eggs in one basket. Train your pigeons in small batches to avoid complete loss from BOP attack. These are all comments that I have heard mooted by others, you decide, bearing in mind they only take into consideration numbers and no other factor, excepting the BOP attack.

Happy birthday.

Good morning all.

Nicer today, broken clouds, blue skies, no rain and a bit warmer here in East Ayrshire.

Valley North Social Circle League Table on 22/06/2014 Place Loft Send Club Points 1 Alfie Lawrence 19 Drongan 396 2 John L Dumigan 30 Valley North 314 3 Jackie Brown 20 Drongan 132 4 W McCann & A Brown 22 Valley North 116 5 Ian Cannon 2 Carrick 84 6 Ross Taylor 6 Valley North 82 7 Jim Auld 6 Mauchline 76 8 Alec Sharpe 6 Valley North 64 9 Mick Hilland 3 Valley North 42 10 Kory Galloway 7 Mauchline 42 11 Lee Smith 1 Mauchline 34 12 Wullie Johnstone 9 Drongan 30 13 Mark J McCann 6 Valley North 24 14 Andy Kyle 7 Valley North 14

Valley North Social Circle Lerwick on 22/06/2014 at 05:00 3 Members sent 12 birds Light North Wind 1 W McCann & A Brown 6 VN 339m 451y SU11AN1818 C C 1025.196 2 W McCann & A Brown 6 SU12AN1912 B C 711.077