Life in Bendigo.

[Buster121]

170255 miles approximately what a great car what was the cost on that distance with a V6, shame about the house but sure you will find one that is just right

[killer]

Can’t beat those boldens ,we own a 2003 SV8 5,7 lt suped up with 48,000 k on the clock ,great on a long run ,

[Buster121]

I put $95 worth in before we left, put $30 worth in when we stopped on the way back and still have half a tank. Probably cost about $80 for the trip? About 40 pounds. And I run the car on Premium which is 20 cents or about 10p a litre more than regular unleaded.

Not bad at all that

[Buster121]

What a treat that is

[Buster121]

Said it before and I will say it again, what a cracker

[Buster121]

You will miss it all when you move Murray and the birds will miss you and Catherine

[Buster121]

Well done Murray, good to see all the hard work paying off

[Buster121]

Thanks Andy.
Actually it wasn't a great result. It was a win in a small club race over about 50 miles. It will not go down in history like Mark Gilbert with a Barcelona win or something
But I was pleased.
When you have a very small loft and only breed a small team every year, getting a win is always nice.

A win is a win mate it still had to do the hard work give it the recognition it deserves, hope the missing ones turn in safely as you say probably clashed or bop or both

[DarkPiedCock]

It hard Murray to keep going when you take a hit. I started with 18 this season, ended up with 7. That is the way it going. Every one in the club have lost 50% or more this season. One decent chap sent 23 and lost 17 in a 1300 ypm race. We all got , that week. I lost four 3yo at Leicester 117 miles, and it continued as we went further up the country. I just enjoy what i have left in the loft. My good lady names them all. We have had three VERA'S this season

[Buster121]

I took 12 young birds, which are really yearlings in a minute, out to the 20 mile point. Including the ones that raced on Sunday.
Partly cloudy and not warm, quite a strong wind almost behind them.
They walked out of the boxes, stood for a moment, then took off! By the time I put the boxes back in the car they had a mile head start on me. I was peddling pretty hard on the way back, and might have been going 70 miles per hour on a road that you are not meant to...
A couple of speed restrictions in town, and they beat me back by two minutes, my wife said.
Crikey those things must have been hoofing it!
I lost 7 last weekend, which is disappointing . I suspect some blokes may have lost more than that.
But the ones that remain, they are well. I am getting light on pigeons, and will have to select a few to go each week. At least I have some to select from.

Talking to David today when he delivered some feed, it appears that there were quite a few losses in the club last weekend. It was a perfectly clear sky, which is not ideal, is it?
I am still feeling the hit, there's some empty perches out there. But we just have to regroup and carry on.

I know we sadly have to lose birds to enable us to keep breeding and hopefully improving our stock but nevertheless these losses are hard to take I've been reasonably lucky this year compared to some, I've had more birds work back this year than I did on the South Road. I have lost some good and promising birds again this year, I couple of them I'd put down to me and some I suspect have almost certainly met a grisly end. Although I'd still have liked them home I can take losing birds from the longer races especially if it's the first time of asking, its losing birds from the shorter races that have previously flown further. I do think sometimes our birds suffer in ways we can't see and although they appear fit and healthy just mentally aren't right.

Agree with that Trev, I have said before about a cock who came from a race minus his tail feathers and race rubber even now he will not come out of loft if I chuck him out he just lands back in garden or loft roof then straight back in constantly looking around