Heads Up Thurso

[Guest paulrstokes]

NRCC 05.40 429 to me, whats the weather like en route guys

[andy Burgess]

NRCC 05.40 429 to me, whats the weather like en route guys

 

not as nice as yesterday . cloudy yet bright at times , warm , visibility very good , no wind .10 mile South of Edinburgh , good luck .

[Guest Jamsie]

NRCC 05.40 429 to me, whats the weather like en route guys

 

Weather is closing in fast from West to East across Glasgow & Lanarkshire over the last hour with very poor visibility. Hope the birds don't get caught in it or they will go to ground i think. :-(

[Wiley]

Just timed my blue pied cock in the last 10 minutes, completely dehydrated and wattle red raw, let's hope he makes the top 50 and bags the Hall of fame that his been trying to get the last few years

[Wiley]

Another just arrived but won't come down from gutter

[Guest Jamsie]

Well done Wiley, 2 in no time at all from a very hard race must be pleasing for you. :emoticon-0137-clapping:

[billt]

I thought the weather forcast looked iffy for the South East yesterday I

[Guest paulrstokes]

Weather is closing in fast from West to East across Glasgow & Lanarkshire over the last hour with very poor visibility. Hope the birds don't get caught in it or they will go to ground i think. :-(

 

Lets hope they are well past that

[Wiley]

Well done Wiley, 2 in no time at all from a very hard race must be pleasing for you. :emoticon-0137-clapping:

 

Yes pal well pleased, as only 8 made it home on the night

[Kyleakin Lofts]

Well done Wiley.

 

Paul, I'm usually a bit on the late side, but I'll post when mine arrives into Ayrshire. We were libbed before you today, probably because we were flying into the bad weather front and in an attempt to beat it. Failed miserably. It is grey overcast here and light rain. Even though I live on a hilltop, I don't expect it will be much better on the lower ground. Just hope he makes it through.

[blue pied]

Well done Wiley.

 

Paul, I'm usually a bit on the late side, but I'll post when mine arrives into Ayrshire. We were libbed before you today, probably because we were flying into the bad weather front and in an attempt to beat it. Failed miserably. It is grey overcast here and light rain. Even though I live on a hilltop, I don't expect it will be much better on the lower ground. Just hope he makes it through.

terrible hear andy

[DJWa]

50% blue sky here in ABERDEEN

warm with very little wind

[Delboy]

Another just arrived but won't come down from gutter

 

Well done Ryan :emoticon-0137-clapping:

[Kyleakin Lofts]

terrible hear andy

 

They'll try to go round it and be forced to come in from Berwick. Hopefully they will not be caught up with NRCC pigeons or we've had it.

[bluebell101]

weather ok here in stoneyburn strong south west wind cloud is grey but high

not far from your Bathgate site

[bluebell101]

They'll try to go round it and be forced to come in from Berwick. Hopefully they will not be caught up with NRCC pigeons or we've had it.

I know of 1 in Ayrshire 12 25

[bluebell101]

I know of 1 in Ayrshire 12 25

same guy got another at 1 55 looks like a very hard race for ayrshire

[paddymac]

Another just arrived but won't come down from gutter

Well done Ryan

[Kyleakin Lofts]

I know of two to the same guy by 13.30, but don't know the times. Don't know if it's who you are talking about, but the ones I've heard are JLD's.

 

They are definitely scarce which makes me think NRCC have caught us and they have went on down south.

[Guest paulrstokes]

MMM as we stand I am 0/12, not a happy bunny but that is pigeons

[Kyleakin Lofts]

Just got mine at 10.30.

 

New idea is that they may be still in the North. With the early lib, they may have been caught in the rolling hill mists.

 

Mine was well flown, so goodness knows where he was, but at least he is back.

 

Around 20% returns in race time with a few more reported home today already.

[Novice]

Just got mine at 10.30.

 

New idea is that they may be still in the North. With the early lib, they may have been caught in the rolling hill mists.

 

Mine was well flown, so goodness knows where he was, but at least he is back.

 

Around 20% returns in race time with a few more reported home today already.

 

 

5 AM seemed just a wee bit early to me. Perhaps a good Idea in future would be to let the large convoy clear out first. This is only if this can be done. This is not a criticism by any means.

[Kyleakin Lofts]

Normally they liberate 30 minutes to 1 hour before us. Why we liberated 40 minutes before them beats me. I expect 5.00 was too early for them and our race controllers had a rush of blood worrying about the weather front moving in from the west and thought the early lib would beat it.

One of our pigeons reported in Inverurie, so looks like they may have stayed in the north caught in the hill mists, etc.

 

We will probably never be told why we were liberated before them.

[Novice]

Just one of these things Andy. Unfortunately you will never completely know the logic behind any decision which is a pity.

I know the controller of one federation prepares a report as he goes along and mails this to the secretary at the time of liberation.

That protects him and allows the committee to understand his logic. It also ensures that information for any enquiry into a poor race is readily available and cannot be corrupted after the event.

[DJWa]

Normally they liberate 30 minutes to 1 hour before us. Why we liberated 40 minutes before them beats me. I expect 5.00 was too early for them and our race controllers had a rush of blood worrying about the weather front moving in from the west and thought the early lib would beat it.

One of our pigeons reported in Inverurie, so looks like they may have stayed in the north caught in the hill mists, etc.

 

We will probably never be told why we were liberated before them.

 

you explaned it yourself yesterday andy (post 35 this thread )

 

you said that your birds prob went 1st as the weather your end was due to close in

and the east coast was clear, so the other birds didn't need to go as early