The OLR's are very popular, and the well run ones, like the one Devo and I have pigeons entered in down here in Australia, are very popular and successful.
The thing is people have a choice. You can pay your money and have a go if you want, or don't. No one is forced to do it.

After cold mornings for weeks we awoke to 10 degrees and a forecast high of 20!
Then possible rain tomorrow and back to cold days again.

Devo1956 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 2:00 pm Thanks for sharing King, great birds of a great flyer.

True. Mark is one of the best.

Happy birthday to our dear old mate and long time forum member.

I hope you have a lovely day, George.

Bowbroom wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 2:04 pm Glass half full? How do you reconcile that with the proverb the pessimists motto that you use at the bottom of your posts?

I borrowed that, It's just saying that in racing you are going to be disappointed at times. Just a bit of tongue in cheek humour.

Glass half full, mate,
You?

But the people who are committed to it have, I think, seen the level of racing keep improving. People like Mark Gilbert, Leo Heremans, Geoff Cooper, Van Den Bulck, Jos Thone', Verkerk, you can go on and on, the sport is not on it's last legs. It's like everything, it's progressing. The good ones get...

A good video, shows the running of a loft and the racing very well. One thing did hit me. The statement that because of few young people taking up the sport, it is in serious decline. Well, I think there have been few youngsters interested in the sport for the last 50 years or more, since I was a yo...

PeteDerby wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 6:10 am It’s a long time coming and a short time happening, right?

True is that.
Just seems like yesterday it was Christmas, and now we are heading towards this one!

And just like that, we are past the shortest day, and you blokes are heading back to winter.

About next Tuesday you'll be sweeping up feathers and I'll have cock birds huddled up in corners with their girl friends.