alex young

Merseyside Fed. basketing tonight for Yoevil,should be Poole but lib from there is unlikely.

Thundery heavy showers with south wind,looking grim.

Don't know these fanciers personally,but their results are outstanding,flying Vandenabeele pigeons.atb.

Good morning Sapper,hopefully going to have a relaxing morning in the garden letting the youngsters potter about and take a bath after yesterdays race.

Lovely morning here again,sunny and a light south wind.

Very overcast with heavy rain clouds and westerly wind,the y/birds are at Kempsey 89mls. hope it bucks up.

In the early sixties,when walking in a local woods in Liverpool I spotted a bird lying in a small hollow,didn't know it was a pigeon till I took it home only to be told it was a pigeon and unlucky(by my mother) it died through the night.After that I was hooked and never been without them since.

Take Gulkie and Greenlands advice,also John Halstead video's and dvd's are easy to follow.atb.

Humid,with light north wind and drizzle,hopefully clearing later.

Cracking day here not a cloud in the sky,breezy nw wind.

Sunny intervals light north east wind,seems to be getting stronger.Our birds at Salisbury looking for a mid morning lib due to mist and drizzle.

Happy birthday Robbie have a great day,nice to see some young men in the sport.atb.

Welcome back Manny,marking 3-00pm at the Chapel House bring some English money.

Cold north wind with heavy showers here.

Now 100% certain we are not basketing till tomorrow.

Started the season with 20 now down to 16 after 9 races including midweek.Only have 4 cocks so will just send the 12 hens to Salisbury 160mls.

Merseyside Fed. at Salisbury 90% certain to be going but need to ring lib line after dinner to confirm.

Cool,raining with a breezy north west wind,looks like a hard one for the y/birds tomorrow.

Happy birthday Manny,bring plenty of cash friday,the Guinness is now £3-00 a pint.atb.

Showers with a west wind quite cool,Autumn feel to the weather.

Lovely here,sunny with a light west wind.Y/birds are racing from Wollaston(68mls)going for a lib about 8-00am.

Read this thread with great interest,can't come up with any answers only observations. When I first started with pigeons in the early sixties I had never heard of antibiotics or BOP as a problem,we never had a phone let alone a mobile and we trained our y/birds 45-90mls by rail before Dr. Beeching got to work.We always had birds missing on race days but most seemed to show the next day,1963 was a year when losses were very heavy and I reported missing birds all over the country and the best part of 50 years on we are still trying to work out the cause of these losses,hope someone sorts it out soon I haven't got another 50 years left.

Sunny intervals with a south west wind a nice morning here.Got a young bird back last night been missing 9 days so don't give up hope on getting any of your missing birds back.atb.

Good morning Sapper,patchy blue sky here with a light south wind,let y/birds out 6-30am they disappeared for half an hour,just back now,rain forecast for later in the day.

Cheers Spike.