COTTONHEAT Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 as anyone heard any early times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesa Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 anyone heard any times at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Yorkie Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Were the birds libbed yesterday or today? Our Fed is at Fraserburgh and have held over both days. It's rained most of the day in North Yorkshire so really feel for the birds if indeed they are trying to get through this weather today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 they went up yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Yorkie Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Do you know if there were any day birds? I understand the North & East Yorks Fed raced from Elgin but returns and times were not good. We held over at Fraserburgh due to fog yesterday morning at the racepoint. In North Yorkshire it rained most of yesterday afternoon with thunder and lightning although stopped for a couple of hours from 3-6ish. The wind was a very fresh to strong Southerly so this will also have challenged the birds. We're at Thurso in a couple of weeks so hoping for better weather then, that's if we ever get a lib from Fraserburgh! Welcome to British Summertime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Where are we here realistically. They were released with the view of second day timings.... will be most, way up in the 90% of empty perches tonight I'd wager. Heard one has got to Nottingham... good bird that! I am also flying Thurso - not lerwick as I posted earlier - and think if I get one later tonight I'll win the club, if not the Fed... So good luck all, and hope I'm wrong and there are some earlier ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COTTONHEAT Posted July 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 11.20 yesterday morning so there was no chance of on the day birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Well I'll go to the foot of the Stairs. Nottingham, Melton and Leicester have one and Now Desborough has one... so I won't win tjhe Fed lol... But london should be getting them today after all if it stays as it is... and don't deteriate too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHUNK73 Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 2 pigeons made it to leicester one at 11 clock one at just after twelve ours were libbed at 10.55 heard people getting pigeons repoted in thurso yesterday dinner one bloke had a bunch of them on his roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korhil Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 i am led to believe that some of the essex and kent birds are being picked up in scotland! as far north as fraserburgh! sounds like they never stood a chance!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Yorkie Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Well as I say our convoyer Tony Meek is still at Fraserburgh. He's a pigeon man himself so I'm sure if people could get the birds to him before we liberate (goodness knows when!) he would bring them down country and liberate them at Hull (a whole lot closer than they would be). From experience I understand Amtrak do not operate any further north than Aberdeen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Heard of a good one in Kempston around dinner time today. That is some bird.... Still only the two in the Fed so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COTTONHEAT Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 you have got till tuesday evening to clock in it has been extended due to the weather conditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vic Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 What a disastrous weekend all round. I feel for the poor old buggers. Sad indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shadow Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 you have got till tuesday evening to clock in it has been extended due to the weather conditions does your fed not have a minimum velocity to call a race closed I know some do. eg. 444 yds per min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COTTONHEAT Posted July 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 222 PER MIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jupiter_19630 Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 The birds should not have been libbed. Locals reported that the birds never even cleared the lib site on saturday due to misty conditions and spent the first night sat on local roofs. They should have been held or brought back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Our fed is 72 hours, so race finishes at 10 55 in the morning. Should they have been released!? For and againsts I guess... As I said the birds should ave gone up Tuesday for a Friday lib... Wed meant no rest day. I don't really believe that even 5% didn't know what the weather forecast was, so down to the fanciers, simple as that. I could have waied and sent NRCC, but chose that Thurso! Who do I blame, if any blame is to be laid at any feet! Why me of course! Wise after the fact diesn't apply here either because we ALL knew the forecast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jupiter_19630 Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Well I don't blame myself. When I send my birds to a race I entrust them to the care of the race controller and the convoyer and trust that they will make their decisions based totally on the birds welfare. Well it is obvious on this occassion that was not the case. Some say the decision to lib was based on lack of money to pay the convoyers to stay up there any longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorsloft Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 222 PER MIN that must be walking home speed ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank-123 Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 taylorsloft heard the birds are in the aberdeenshire area and a transporter will pick any strays up on thursday/friday at thurso to take them home ask terry mccarthy over on pigeon chat for more details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorsloft Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 my mate seen 5 pigeons flying round newburgh 10 miles north of aberdeen .he has one in his loft gb03s24632 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Well I don't blame myself. When I send my birds to a race I entrust them to the care of the race controller and the convoyer and trust that they will make their decisions based totally on the birds welfare. Well it is obvious on this occassion that was not the case. Some say the decision to lib was based on lack of money to pay the convoyers to stay up there any longer. True M8 ... the Lib / Controllers should have used their magic wand... Golly how else do they expect to look after you. There are still only three in our Fed! But I CHOSE to send knowing full well what the wesather was going to be like! My fault, I wanted them to have a stiff hard distance race to sort out what is what! Guess they certainly got that! Am 10 brilliant bred birds down! Mine, like everyone elses' fault who sent, no two ways about that! Golly they wouldn't have been up till next week! Or brought back Friday! Isn't Hindsight a brilliant thing eh! : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North road racer Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 I sent with Leicester fed to thurso last saturday. Only got one back. Dont think many people have got any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shadow Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 that must be walking home speed ;D ;D backwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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