Otterburn 11Th August 2012

[aye ready]

probably clashed with n.west fed av lib 10.00am n.west 10.30am coldsream

 

 

IF! any of the birds met up peter i don't think it would have caused 50% losses in the forth and clyde peter considering the bulk of the lofts in this fed are 4/5 miles at most west of my loft also the north west are doing 1734 ypm whereas the forth and clyde correct me if i'm wrong are only doing 1400 odd ypm so i don't think our birds met up at all

[Delboy]

I reckon the F/C were attacked by BOP as there are pigeons reported in Wales, Cumbria, Dumfries and Halifax.Half the convoy have headed south and the other half have worked there way home, maybe getting scattered a bit, hence the slower velocities than any other fed.Conditions on Saturday shouldve saw the convoy hitting at least 1700ypm.

[aye ready]

was almond valley 1st to liberate from otterburn on saturday del

[Delboy]

was almond valley 1st to liberate from otterburn on saturday del

 

yip. i think

[frank-123]

nitten down to the basic now afraid sign of the times aw the old doo men now passed on only 3 original members left myself p. calder allan moffat and jimmy welsh who very seldom races is he no your uncle frank

Yes he is my uncle my father said he would never be a doo man maybe if he put some effort into them lol I mind when they sent from the old stars club it was mobbed when I was a boy

[frank-123]

Does anyone remember a guy called landels in the midlothian fed always remember my old man raving about him the birds used to come home from a race and they would land on his shoulder and he would take the rubber off.

[1967]

Easthouses&Nitten used to run a bus through to burnbank every year for a show in the mid to late 80s gid old times your oldman n mine were some pair when they got together

[frank-123]

Easthouses&Nitten used to run a bus through to burnbank every year for a show in the mid to late 80s gid old times your oldman n mine were some pair when they got together

Heard they were great but my dad would not take me because he liked a wee bevy and I was to young so he said

[tyson]

auld willie landels. I stevie that was the good old days when doo mem were doo men not bickering and stabing each other in the back..when I started in nitten club in 1970 the following doo men were in the club see if you can remember some of them .. goodall & durie . hadden bros..aikman bros (auld dod) mackimtosh & co (toshy) bernard bros moffat & son (dobie ) bob fernie hunter paxton willie inglis tom pearson big archie archibald ecky wood joe moffat nick thomson jimmy welsh willie thomson 2nd open rennes got beat by johnie dora arbroath davie armour (gaffer ) billy burnett albert burnett thats the ones I remember when I joined the club brings back some old memories

[alec guinness]

Does anyone remember a guy called landels in the midlothian fed always remember my old man raving about him the birds used to come home from a race and they would land on his shoulder and he would take the rubber off.

 

not sure but landles bros flew in the midland fed and the SNFC with great success frank. :) they raced to calderbank airdrie.

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

I reckon the F/C were attacked by BOP as there are pigeons reported in Wales, Cumbria, Dumfries and Halifax.Half the convoy have headed south and the other half have worked there way home, maybe getting scattered a bit, hence the slower velocities than any other fed.Conditions on Saturday shouldve saw the convoy hitting at least 1700ypm.

 

Otterburn is a racepoint we haven't personally lost many doos from but had some strange races from it

 

Was down visiting fanciers in East Ord on Sunday,one of them has been flying pigeons for 72 years anyway thats by the by-he said he cannot for the life of him understand why Scottish Feds race from Otterburn,the place is "infested" in his words.

 

Is this a racepoint we on the East route should think about bypassing in future??

[1967]

Thats whats missing in the sport today. Times i will never forget

[tyson]

almond valley do not lib at the otterburn racepoint they lib down in the valley why I dont know??

[1967]

auld willie landels. I stevie that was the good old days when doo mem were doo men not bickering and stabing each other in the back..when I started in nitten club in 1970 the following doo men were in the club see if you can remember some of them .. goodall & durie . hadden bros..aikman bros (auld dod) mackimtosh & co (toshy) bernard bros moffat & son (dobie ) bob fernie hunter paxton willie inglis tom pearson big archie archibald ecky wood joe moffat nick thomson jimmy welsh willie thomson 2nd open rennes got beat by johnie dora arbroath davie armour (gaffer ) thats the ones I remember when I joined the club brings back some old memories

I Peter Jimmy Stables we took wee toshy to Blackpool about 87. Think it was his first time out of nitten. He burnt his ar@s of the radiator He was in a double bed with jack scared incase Jack tried the hand Albert Billy the wee clock setter joes pal

[tyson]

the other doo man Im trying to remember at that time was jim watson s uncle but canny mind his name

[frank-123]

not sure but landles bros flew in the midland fed and the SNFC with great success frank. :) they raced to calderbank airdrie.

No John he was from Midlothian

Oh and I keep getting email spam from your email account you need to run a virus scan on your computer

[frank-123]

auld willie landels. I stevie that was the good old days when doo mem were doo men not bickering and stabing each other in the back..when I started in nitten club in 1970 the following doo men were in the club see if you can remember some of them .. goodall & durie . hadden bros..aikman bros (auld dod) mackimtosh & co (toshy) bernard bros moffat & son (dobie ) bob fernie hunter paxton willie inglis tom pearson big archie archibald ecky wood joe moffat nick thomson jimmy welsh willie thomson 2nd open rennes got beat by johnie dora arbroath davie armour (gaffer ) billy burnett albert burnett thats the ones I remember when I joined the club brings back some old memories

I remember mcintosh stayed at the bottom of nitten near the swimming pool did the burnetts stay on fifth street just down from my uncle James auld dod can remember the name but can't put a face to it

[tyson]

wee man frank used to have the barless mealys stayed in 6th steet . billy burnett used tofly the birds over by reids drive then moved to fifth street I used to fly just down from your uncle in fifth street then I moved over to eighth street in 82 .

[1967]

what street was person in was that not 5th st ? you ve still got 4 lofts within 10 houses of your uncle jimmy same side of street goin down towards club jimmy nitten club jim watson easthouses club andy munro easthouses then ian johnstone danderhall

[frank-123]

When my uncle James went on holiday I used to go and stay with my uncle frank and look after my uncle james birds there was nothing worse looking down the back doors of fiifth street and everyone was getting doos and I was last lol

[blaz]

not that fast as pentland fed

 

 

more south in the wind for the pentland birds fact

[tyson]

gary you talking P*** you are trying to tell me that pentland are away at 11.00am and we are away at 11.15 and theres 400yds of a difference in vel get real man keep telling people distances are wrong for ridsdale go on to google maps distance calculator work it out for yourself my distance on it for otterburn is correct my distance for ridsdale per shu measurements is 67mls on calculator it is 61mls . 6ml of a difference makes a big difference in vel does it not?