Pego Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 Glad to time a good one but only 4/26 for returns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 Glad to time a good one but only 4/26 for returns Fantastic result for you last night Gary but the returns are horrendous all over, 3/19 here expletive remove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGJAMIE320 Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 that a bloody disgrace returns are horrendous del and the snfc are that tight them birds should be going in better transpotation that up to date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviddooman Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 Nothing to do with transporterThe weather and atmosphere caused the problem sYesterday Only last year everybody on here say s there Doo s We’re immaculate last year when came homeSo the transporter changed in a yearThe wee national had a terrible race tooWhat kind of transporter do they use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiedoo. Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 Nothing to do with transporterThe weather and atmosphere caused the problem sYesterday Only last year everybody on here say s there Doo s We’re immaculate last year when came homeSo the transporter changed in a yearThe wee national had a terrible race tooWhat kind of transporter do they use Goung by the reports on Facebook ect the whole of the UK had eratic racing yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrie2 Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 Goung by the reports on Facebook ect the whole of the UK had eratic racing yesterday.apart from lanarkshire ?90%home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roytheboyfootball Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 A 20 second video does not help, it's time all members at Club,Federations and at National AGM's to insist that a video of the transporters arrival at race point the water and feeding should be videoed as this will be time stamped.the release of the birds should not be 20 secs, more like release the sky,surrounding area and till all the birds a clear (1 min/30 min) however long this takes. in this day and age and every person having a phone with video capability this would be at no cost to Club/Fed, National and cost pennies to post on the internet. The nothing to hide argument states that individuals have no reason to fear or oppose surveillance programs, unless they are afraid it will uncover their own illicit activities. An individual using this argument may claim that an average person should not worry about government surveillance, as they would have "nothing to hide" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie1234 Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 0/8 here jst back from the loft hoping to see something pop in bt I fear they are still in the south east....many pigeons reported in Essex etc Looks like the full country got it really hard..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiedoo. Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 A 20 second video does not help, it's time all members at Club,Federations and at National AGM's to insist that a video of the transporters arrival at race point the water and feeding should be videoed as this will be time stamped.the release of the birds should not be 20 secs, more like release the sky,surrounding area and till all the birds a clear (1 min/30 min) however long this takes. in this day and age and every person having a phone with video capability this would be at no cost to Club/Fed, National and cost pennies to post on the internet. The nothing to hide argument states that individuals have no reason to fear or oppose surveillance programs, unless they are afraid it will uncover their own illicit activities. An individual using this argument may claim that an average person should not worry about government surveillance, as they would have "nothing to hide" Amen it would also help stop rumours. Like you say if they have nothing to hide why not video the libs and show the fanceirs at the end of the day its our birds thats on the transporters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philg50 Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 IMO the main cause is releasing birds in full grey cloud cover ,they have a very difficult time trying to find there bearings ,as i say only my opinion ,they need a blink of sun to start them of on their journey .The idea of recorded release + feeding and watering would be a welcome thing as well it would give fancier confidence that things were being done properly for the well fare of the birds especially in these humid close hot conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon wilson Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 Glad to time a good one but only 4/26 for returns Fingers crossed for you Gary well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novice Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 I believe that weather conditions were mainly responsible for this disaster. I further believe that specialised weather forecasts are available from the Met Office. It really is time to obtain the best weather advice available to help Race Controllers make well informed decisions. We all saw the advance forecast and we all knew that there was a possibility of a dodgy race but sent our best regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyson Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 think the controllers had no option to try for a liberation although conditions were`nt perfect because with the forecasts there was a chance the pigeons could still be sitting at maidstone waiting to be liberated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilT Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 Nothing to do with transporterThe weather and atmosphere caused the problem sYesterday Only last year everybody on here say s there Doo s We’re immaculate last year when came homeSo the transporter changed in a yearThe wee national had a terrible race tooWhat kind of transporter do they useAgree-I race in the south of England-Hampshire, about 90 miles or so due west of Maidstone. We had full cloud cover all day down here which doesnt help. Our birds (Solent SR fed) were racing from Wetherby (200 miles plus) liberated in sunshine but returns well below 50% and velocities of 1,000ypm or less.Many Feds down here racing from West to East (racepoints in Devon/ Cornwall) had equally bad days with very slow races and shocking returns.My 3rd bird home landed on the loft roof and then sat there for 25 minutes in what looked like a trance, never seen anything like it. My later pigeons on Saturday which had "been on the wing" for 12 hours, felt like they hadn't been out the loft-certainly hadn't been flying very much.Spoke to a fancier in Farnborough tonight who had 6 racers land on his house roof on Sunday, knackered and just sat there-managed to get 1 in for a feed today-it was Scottish rung.Im a new starter so cannot explain what happened but I have seen and heard enough to know this was nothing to do with the SNFC, the transporter or the liberation-something weird in the atmosphere for sure.We did have thunderstorms in the south on Thursday night-perhaps that left "something" in the atmosphere? I never saw the grand prix this weekend but apparently the team radios had problems which they said was due to atmospherics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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