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Re: Livestreaming
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 2:21 pm
by Diamond Dave
Yes well done Leon.
That's the first time I looked in to the live stream but I did feel I was disturbing your race.
Maybe its just me but I like to settle down on my own, half an hour before the predicted arrival and sit and write up any notes and weigh-up all the permutations before I start scanning the skies.
Re: Livestreaming
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2026 4:43 pm
by Spieker-Loft
Diamond Dave wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 2:21 pm
Yes well done Leon.
That's the first time I looked in to the live stream but I did feel I was disturbing your race.
Maybe its just me but I like to settle down on my own, half an hour before the predicted arrival and sit and write up any notes and weigh-up all the permutations before I start scanning the skies.
Im not to bothered about it. I got my phone in my hands anyways because of our clock that runs over an app.
Re: Livestreaming
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2026 7:29 pm
by Spieker-Loft
The final.
Last ob+yl race of the seaons. Brienne la Vieille 323 miles.
Despite the birds beeing in prestine shape i still struggled to convince myself to basket this race due to the huge distance jump from the last 3 races to this one. but i aint no coward and as the top lad wolfgang roeper once said. Gotta go all the way and don't quit half way through the season to have a top team in the end with experience.
Basketing on saturday. race on sunday. Barely got enough birds left in the combine to even make this race happen they only start if 150 birds raced otherwise combine championships etc are off. But we got 159 birds. Gonna be a fed race aswell so 9 combines racing.
Re: Livestreaming
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2026 8:01 pm
by Devo1956
Bring the winner home mate, with the rest of your birds. Good honest race at 323 miles, you will have them ready mate.
Re: Livestreaming
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2026 8:29 pm
by Buster121
Good luck Leon, will be good to see the winner at Spieker Loft
Re: Livestreaming
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2026 9:54 am
by Tony-P-
Will you be having a Livestream on Saturday Leon
Re: Livestreaming
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2026 10:16 am
by Devo1956
More information of Leons birds flight. Now this is to hoxter, near where leon lives. So the birds have to cross from France, over Luxemburg /Belgium borders. Then across Germany. This flight path shows you how the birds, will fly in the direction shown on the map. But some birds dont fly straight, so more miles added to their flight.
Brienne la Vieille to the loft of Leon.
The flight path for racing pigeons from Brienne-la-Vieille, France (48.37° N, 4.53° E) to Hoxter, Germany (51.78° N, 9.38° E) covers an air distance of approximately 250 miles (400 km). The route takes birds northeast across the Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine regions of France, over the Luxembourg/Belgium borders, and through the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Re: Livestreaming
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2026 10:23 am
by Tony-P-
Look forward to watching the live good luck Leon
Re: Livestreaming
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2026 12:54 pm
by Spieker-Loft
Devo1956 wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 10:16 am
More information of Leons birds flight. Now this is to hoxter, near where leon lives. So the birds have to cross from France, over Luxemburg /Belgium borders. Then across Germany. This flight path shows you how the birds, will fly in the direction shown on the map. But some birds dont fly straight, so more miles added to their flight.
Brienne la Vieille to the loft of Leon.
The flight path for racing pigeons from Brienne-la-Vieille, France (48.37° N, 4.53° E) to Hoxter, Germany (51.78° N, 9.38° E) covers an air distance of approximately 250 miles (400 km). The route takes birds northeast across the Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine regions of France, over the Luxembourg/Belgium borders, and through the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia.
These calculations must be wrong mate
Its 513 km to my loft aka 318 miles. But i appreciate the effort its gonna be a super tough race 40-50 kmh west winds predicted could be a possible flight duration of 7-9 hours for the first bird
Re: Livestreaming
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2026 1:00 pm
by Tony-P-
Good luck on Sunday Leon hope the birds do well for you