S.N.F.C Bourges 11Th July 2010Times And Returns

[budgie]

Liberated 5.30am what time do you expect them and do you think there will be pigeons into Scotland tonight.Can you also keep the thread updated with times and returns and if you hear of any pigeons into Yorkshire.Good luck to all.

[andy]

half past 10 tonight.

[Delboy]

Aye Andy, in the Solway

[clockman]

Aye Andy, in the Solway

Naw Dundee,

[frank-123]

its a long long way good luck everyone who sent

[OLDYELLOW]

at least they had the sense to lib as one liberation the winds should force them all to coast , weathers good at scarborough with strong winds wsw

[Guest stb-]

theres a fair rake o sooth in that wind and its blowin strong , might be faster than ye think

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

With the wind turning west and gusty at times coming into the UK I cant see any doos making it home to Scotland tonight and probably the first doos timed tomorrow will be around 08.00 which will most likely be in the Solway followed very shortly by the lothians, jmo

 

Wish all members competing the very best.

[sapper756]

Currently a verystrong wind here in Fife, with heavy blackcloudshttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif

 

GOOD LUCK FOLKS!

[OLDYELLOW]

could be some very fast birds today if they get above the wind into the jet streams

[Guest lenwadebob]

How far is it to you lads in Scotland. Good luck to you all

[DJWa]

up to around 750 in the north section bob

[lanarkshire lad]

up to around 750 in the north section bob

I think the winners will be in east and timed in BEFORE the solway doos.The best of luck to all its a long way.

[frank-123]

just seen the bbc the were showing a battle of britain celebration at folkstone you could see for right across the english channel not a cloud in the sky with light winds

only problem being there maybe a lot of planes doing fly pasts

[W.D.]

The belgian birds liberated from Limoges at 6-30 are doing 1400 m/m dont know how to convert to ypm but there's been nothing to hold them back on the continent, I just hope they have been early enough to miss the birds going north into France,Belgium and Holland and give the doos a chance.

The Very Best of Luck Lads.

[Delboy]

I think the birds into Scotland will have it very tough, straight west gusts here and right down to Midlands.Think we get a bit hyper when we here a touch of south in it, I agree with Gareth, tomorrow morning for the winner up here. Any doo in race time will earn its perch.

[midnight_son]

Those Limoges pigeons are doing 1520ypm roughly. Over 50mph anyway but the south west wind is more help to them than it would be to ours maybe trying to hold a straighter south to north route than east to west. Still, ours could do, say, 48mph to Calais if they run with the wind. If they then average 42mph from Calais up the east of england then they could in Yorkshire in under 12 hours. If that works out and they're in Yorkshire at 5.30 I'll be disappointed if there isn't a pigeon in Scotland tonight especially if this wind drops a bit.

[Delboy]

Jamie, ye have a great chance through there today in that wind. Newmains Open race struggling to get them from Kelso in the wind, never mind BOURGES. Oh to have a wee small holding on the east coast, happy days

[midnight_son]

If the wind was like it is here the whole way then i'd say it'd be unlikely but as far as i can tell we're having much the worst of the wind so not surprised to hear Kelso was a struggle. We never bothered tossing our Clermont birds today because it was too windy. The forecast is it for it to drop this evening so lets hope it does.

 

If I was living in Eye Valley I'd definitely be very hopeful but I don't think they have many birds away from down there. If they get to Eyemouth by 21.30 then they have another 60-70 minuts into the wind to get to Elphinstone so would be touch and go if they would scrape into us tonight, east side of Fife is not impossible tonight.

[andy]

Any birds into GYA land yet?

[ALF]

Any birds into GYA land yet?

THERE IS A DOO IN LEEDS FLYING APPROX 500 MLS AT 18.17 TO TONY HELLAS

[andy]

THERE IS A DOO IN LEEDS FLYING APPROX 500 MLS AT 18.17 TO TONY HELLAS

Well Done, thats just over 150 miles from here, which means 22:15-22:30 to be on a par.

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

pigeon in Knaresborough at 18.04 flying 508 miles

[Guest pigeonguy147]

Well Done, thats just over 150 miles from here, which means 22:15-22:30 to be on a par.

andy forever the optomist best of luck hope your projected time gets you atimer atb

[Delboy]

Knaresborough is middle of country so I think there may be birds ahead of this one flying up the coast.( going with the westerly winds ) I think there is a big possibility of a doo in Edinburgh tonight