Life in Bendigo.

Sun May 14, 2023 12:47 pm

Great to see Murray long may it continue

Mon May 22, 2023 8:56 pm

Good to see all back in good time as well

Tue May 23, 2023 5:36 am

Murray wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 1:38 am There's two reasons why these youngsters need to be well trained before the races.
First, there will probably only be less than 100 pigeons in the races, and they need to be able to do it without any bunch to drag them home.
Second, the first races are only about 60 miles from the west, but two of the flyers with bigger teams live about 38 miles south of me, so they will tend to get taken well away from the line to Bendigo.
So I have to drill them to break away at the start and head for home. Otherwise I will either lose them or they will be hopelessly late.

Well planned mate

Tue May 23, 2023 2:33 pm

What a shame hope she gets happy again, I have a pair that have bred one baby this year first time in few years so let it hatch to try and keep the line going, if I was you I would do the same with that one

Thu May 25, 2023 2:25 pm

Murray wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 8:42 am Wet and cold tonight.
Catherine and I are going out for dinner for her birthday, it's a pity the weather has packed up after a nice spell of fine weather.
I am lucky to have a good loft, I got the feed ready and quickly cleaned out the loft when I got home from work, then put the lights on and fed them. They had a day inside today, the first one in a long time. When I took the feed away just before they were all warm and settled down.
I did leave a flap open when I went to work, so they could go out into the sputnik. Of course there were a few which thought standing out in the cold was a good idea.

Enjoy your meal and Happy Birthday Catherine

Sat May 27, 2023 10:01 am

Hope they turn in mate

Sun May 28, 2023 10:07 pm

Hope she sitting on loft in the morning mate, agree re the training

Tue Jun 06, 2023 12:20 pm

Murray you enjoy a very long retirement mate really hope you and Catherine enjoy it, I also started work young I was 11 starting in a slaughter house

DarkPiedCock · Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:54 am

ATB Murray.

Fri Jun 09, 2023 11:16 am

Murray wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:14 am Thanks everyone, for the good wishes. I finished at lunchtime today. Unexpectedly I was given a cake and flowers and a couple of bottles of wine by my staff !
We had a fair go at the cake and a couple of our customers got a piece too!
I will still be around to sort out the inevitable problems they will find, but I don't have to worry about the place 24/7 anymore.

-Bet my slice of cake will come in the post

I am sure you will leave some big boots to fill mate, wishing all the very best to you and Catherine in your retirement