Essex & Kent Combine Thurso

[demolition man]

Just wondering how many of you will be sending to Thurso which is 510mls to me? No member in my club which is the biggest in the South Thames Fed will be sending after the losses they suffered from arbroath, which is a shame because it was always the race we looked forward to at the end of old birds

[Tony C]

There's nothing more pleasing than getting a good day bird out of Thurso. It's a shame Bernie that due to the recent track records of the Essex & London Combines and losses incurred throughout the year peeps just aren't going to chance another smash. The said two combines are going to have to have a major rethink on how they operate if they want to save combine racing in the southeast. Why do they have to stick to the coast? why not move inland? Why cant basketing be put back if the weather forecast tells us there's no chance of a lib?

 

Lets try something different before its to late!

[andy Burgess]

There's nothing more pleasing than getting a good day bird out of Thurso. It's a shame Bernie that due to the recent track records of the Essex & London Combines and losses incurred throughout the year peeps just aren't going to chance another smash. The said two combines are going to have to have a major rethink on how they operate if they want to save combine racing in the southeast. Why do they have to stick to the coast? why not move inland? Why cant basketing be put back if the weather forecast tells us there's no chance of a lib?

 

Lets try something different before its to late!

has the route canged ,or liberation sites ?? and i bet the same folk are in charge that have given good races previously Tony ? i am sure something needs to be done ,theses are the same questions being asked by many fanciers accross the UK .North or South road East or West route .the weather is a major factor ,and despite today,s technology ,still cant be predicted that well ,a lot of presumptions and guess-work imo. i think theres one major factor involved ,something that despite talking about many times over ,we can do little about .no critiscm ,just adding to the debate .

[Tony C]

has the route canged ,or liberation sites ?? and i bet the same folk are in charge that have given good races previously Tony ? i am sure something needs to be done ,theses are the same questions being asked by many fanciers accross the UK .North or South road East or West route .the weather is a major factor ,and despite today,s technology ,still cant be predicted that well ,a lot of presumptions and guess-work imo. i think theres one major factor involved ,something that despite talking about many times over ,we can do little about .no critiscm ,just adding to the debate .

 

Andy, our combines go to Berwick, Stonehaven, Arbroath & Thurso. These race points were chosen many years ago simply because the pigeons were transported by rail and as the above locations were major fishing ports at the time. They had sizable goods yards to accommodate large liberations and as the train timetables were round the clock enabling night time travel. Bar Thurso these liberation sites sit tight on the east coast and any east in the wind brings in the sea mist which spells trouble, if a strong west wind they're pushed out to sea. Why cant we go to liberation sites a few miles inland? I asked once at a combine meeting and was told the prestige of winning out of Berwick/Stonehaven/Arbroath was the reason why we continued with these racepoints................. seems prestige to some is more important than the welfare of our pigeons!

 

This is just one of the many gripes I have with the way our combines are run.

[demolition man]

There's nothing more pleasing than getting a good day bird out of Thurso. It's a shame Bernie that due to the recent track records of the Essex & London Combines and losses incurred throughout the year peeps just aren't going to chance another smash. The said two combines are going to have to have a major rethink on how they operate if they want to save combine racing in the southeast. Why do they have to stick to the coast? why not move inland? Why cant basketing be put back if the weather forecast tells us there's no chance of a lib?

 

Lets try something different before its to late!

 

 

Are these organisations geared or big enough these days to take birds into Scotland? i don't think its the race points we need worry about!