Update 12/08/24

August 12th, 2024

Good evening, The pigeons are loaded up and will be on their way to Richmond very shortly for Hot Spot 2. Yesterday they were supposed to go on a 30 mile trainer, but this didn’t […]

Update 09/08/24

August 9th, 2024

Firstly, a quick report on Hotspot 1 from Wetherby 77 miles. The birds were liberated at 8am into broken cloud into a SW wind around 11mph; they cleared well and headed for home. 65 birds […]

Young Birds 2024 Hot Spot 1

August 7th, 2024

RPRA One Loft Race Hot Spot 1 took place today from Wetherby (77 m 152 yds) – 141 birds were liberated at 8am into a slight south westerly breeze with broken cloud. The first 10 […]

Update 04/08/24

August 4th, 2024

Good evening, After studying the weather forecast for the scheduled first hotspot for the past week, I have made the decision to postpone it from tomorrow Monday 5th August until Wednesday the 7th. Monday’s forecast […]

Marked List for Hot Spot 1

August 2nd, 2024

1 ROYAL DOCKS LOFT GB-24-C-55050 2 ADRIAN ENGLISH & DTR GB-24-V-98912 3 FIRE FLYERS 66 GB-24-B-37705 4 FOUR COCKS GB-24-X-26378 5 K AMBLER GB-24-X-13998 6 P KENT & SON GB-24-C-74452 7 THEM OVER THERE GB-24-N-10742 […]

Update 02/08/24

August 2nd, 2024

The pigeons made light work of yesterdays 30 miler, all returning almost together. I have held off with today’s trainer due to poor visibility this morning, and now it happens to be a bit too […]

Update 01/08/24

August 1st, 2024

Good morning. Today sees us into August. Time is flying, and we are only 4 days from Hotspot 1 from Wetherby, 77 miles. There has been a change to the plan, due mainly to the […]

Update 29/07/24

July 29th, 2024

Good morning, Yesterday the birds went for a little 16 mile fly, and made light work of it – they were all home in 21 minutes. It was quite warm, with a south westerly wind, […]

Update 27/07/24

July 27th, 2024

Since my last Blog post on Tuesday, the birds have been to Caenby Corner (30miles) twice. Both trainers were brilliant, with the birds returning in one group on both occasions. This was not recorded on […]