Its a better week end weather wise Andy but the wind will make it a challenge for any birds on the west side. Good luck and lets hope you returns are good also

@stevekulpa

Thanks Steve, best of luck to you too. At least this week they shouldn’t be pulled quite so far over to the East. As long as their given a fair chance. I’m not particularly worried about where I come just want them back for the experience. 

It is a terrible shame that so many of your young birds have been lost, and all that work is undone.

I really hope you get a good result this week, so you can feel a bit more positive as you put them away.

It is gut wrenching, I know. I have lost about 16 from training tosses in the last couple of weeks. Had one reported and collected it.

Probably falcons, but maybe they were not much good. As soon as they got hit, they lost the plot. The ones that are left are doing everything right, and If I am honest, the loft is less crowded and the overall quality has improved.

Best of luck for this weekend, Andy.

Those poor youngsters...rip-snorting west wind tearing through the channel......

Hopefully it dies down a bit, xcweather have it around 25mph WSW in the channel and around 18mph WSW inland. 

Good luck Andy & Steve

Best of luck Andy and steve today and all racing this weekend. 

Saturday 22nd August: The birds were liberated at 8am into a moderate breeze (15 mph)
from West South West.
Birds cleared in one bunch.
The channel is clear with sunshine and some isolated showers and a 20 to 25 mph strong breeze
varying from the South West to West. The same conditions apply over the whole of the classic
area for most of the day.
Good luck to you all. Clive Merrills 

A bit late to wish you all good luck, with the wind the way it's been down here today the birds over the west are going to have taken a hammering again, they won't have needed other birds to drag them east or north. 

At 1.30 today we had another hen from the classic a 4 year old that's been over the channel countless times, She's one of the biggest hens we have and carries a lot of body weight ,But she totally flown out just laid in the middle of the floor to tired to stand up, Not much hope for any young birds

Good to see another one home Steve, hope she recovers. Still haven’t seen any myself 😔

Keep hoping Andy you never know

Posted by: @stevekulpa

At 1.30 today we had another hen from the classic a 4 year old that's been over the channel countless times, She's one of the biggest hens we have and carries a lot of body weight ,But she totally flown out just laid in the middle of the floor to tired to stand up, Not much hope for any young birds

Obviously a gutsy little bird Steve, glad she made it home.

Sadly it's not been the best day for youngsters again especially those that gave their all yesterday, it's not been too windy here but there have been a few showers. You just have to hope that after a couple of days rest some will pick themselves up and get home. 

I had 3 birds home this week (2 youngsters and 1 late bred yearling) that have been missing for a fortnight, all a bit thin and one that looks like a streeter but otherwise all seem ok. I know they were only lost from short inland races but it just shows that some do still make it home eventually.