UkPigeonRacing

Devo1956 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 3:47 pm I remember on one of my trips to Holland, I visited the loft of Ronnie adams. A young pigeon flyer. he was telling me of the races they have very early in the morning. The race would be over before the owners went on shift at 6.00 am. at work. It seemed a ver good club they had.

It was also good for training,
In Holland, early morning is a common time to release racing pigeons for a race, with many fanciers opting to let their birds fly shortly after sunrise, allowing them to cover long distances during daylight hours, especially for longer races where the birds might not be able to return home in a single day.

king wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 4:29 pm

Devo1956 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 3:47 pm I remember on one of my trips to Holland, I visited the loft of Ronnie adams. A young pigeon flyer. he was telling me of the races they have very early in the morning. The race would be over before the owners went on shift at 6.00 am. at work. It seemed a ver good club they had.

It was also good for training,
In Holland, early morning is a common time to release racing pigeons for a race, with many fanciers opting to let their birds fly shortly after sunrise, allowing them to cover long distances during daylight hours, especially for longer races where the birds might not be able to return home in a single day.

It's just common sense. This happens in EVERY country. The earliest lib I've ever read about was from Lerwick at 3am!

NeilA wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:29 pm We used to have a rule no birds to
London to 12.30 for working fanciers

daverscott wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 1:49 pm When I used to race it was times so no birds arrived before 2.30pm. So you could still work Saturday mornings