Good luck this weekend Chris.

I agree with you Trev about getting off to a good start being the most important thing. The problem down here is that although I will only be flying 34 miles those down in Cornwall will be flying over 100 miles, and although they have an advantage with the NE wind they could be flying through or int...

CENTRAL SOUTHERN CLASSIC VE DAY commemoration Race marking. A fantastic atmosphere thank you to all the team at this brilliant marking station the marking was Filmed by The BBC , The Royal British Legion were there . positive publicity for our sport and remembering all those who fought for our free...

Clear and sunny here to start the day.

Good morning all.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1meve0l7xjo

This was on the local BBC news yesterday evening.

This morning was marking for the first channel race of the season with the Central Southern Classic from Vire. By all accounts it was very busy at the marking station with a good number of birds being sent. I don’t race the channel at present. Several of my club mates have sent. It could be a diffic...

I don’t think changing the feed abruptly would matter. They will only absorb what nutrients they require from what ever they are given. I am using depurative a bit at present as that’s the way I used to do it when racing widowhood in the past but I know things have changed so will see how things go....

I haven’t got many youngsters but what I have are starting to range well now. In with the youngsters are 8 spare old hens. On Monday they went off when let out in the morning. After an hour and a half 15 of the 22 birds came back. During the day I had another 3 youngsters turn up. We were out in the...