Walkers Packing Up in UK

read this about walkers stopping transporting pigeons within the uk due to the rise in fuel / costs etc, yet will still be able to transport pigeons to ireland, belgium and holland ..........wheres the logic in that ........???

must be cheaper to transport to ireland, holland and belgium than within the uk, fuel must be cheaper eh

something stinks if you ask me .

Yeah just read this this morning , very strange indeed , used them loads of times , I would have gladly paid more if that was the case what other couriers are there now ? I could do with a list of current ones in operation ??

hi peter, i use walkers every year and also high flyers, both very good ....i do know there are others out there who are fairly decent but it will cause huge problems now for fanciers retrieving lost racers or fanciers buying / selling birds .

Exactly , It is a huge loss for the examples you have raised

seems strange as they courier other livestock to,maybe it has something to do with the bird flu,maybe they just made there dosh and now want to spend it ,great service though so will be a loss

Used them in past, good service.
The maths mustn't have added up any longer. Hope other couriers can pick up the slack.

peter4pm wrote:

Exactly , It is a huge loss for the examples you have raised

True many will feel the pain etc I suspect now Pete when looking to move & pick up birds as such, Comfort zone will require some adjusting maybe now looking forward as such.

:No one is going to run a business at a loss, they must have sound reasons for deciding to stop.

Appears strange still going elsewhere but there must be sound financial reasons for dong so.

Perhaps they feel there will not be enough fanciers needing their services and to make a profit the charges would be too much and vehiclesc etc;stood doing nothing.

One thing is certain no one would give up a good long standing business without a good reason.

Perhaps fanciers could help each other and work something out themselves using transporters, or when those who train a lot ect;

Regards

Nightmare for any haulage company right now. Scaremongers already quoting £3 a litre for diesel by December.
It's not just fuel but tyres, wear and tear, insurance, wages.
I remember having birds returned by rail in the 70's; might end up that way again?

I have used walkers . Decent service but I certainly won't miss them

[quote="David"]read this about walkers stopping transporting pigeons within the uk due to the rise in fuel / costs etc, yet will still be able to transport pigeons to ireland, belgium and holland ..........wheres the logic in that ........???

must be cheaper to transport to ireland, holland and belgium than within the uk, fuel must be cheaper eh

something stinks if you ask me .


one drop off point david in eire,belg,holland and no door to door messing ,probably cutting back on drivers/work load and just selecting the cream of the crop or should i say jobs

i see elimar are still offering transport as normal when buying birds , £52.50 england and wales and £55 scotland, probably transported by high flyers, who ive always found just as good as walkers and in some ways better ........

well done high flyers, not letting the pigeon fancy down

used to be my go to courier david until one visit to pick up some birds from me by there courier ...of which he taped up all the air holes on the carrying box obviously i pointed that out ,but apart from that they always been good to be fair

David wrote:

i see elimar are still offering transport as normal when buying birds , £52.50 england and wales and £55 scotland, probably transported by high flyers, who ive always found just as good as walkers and in some ways better ........

well done high flyers, not letting the pigeon fancy down

50 pound odd & some are going broke there etc apparently. Strange old world as they say .  

maybe down to how much profit they want to make knackered ......

David wrote:

maybe down to how much profit they want to make knackered ......

Maybe so just looked up the latest training results here of our favourite OLR etc David. Suggest they could call it a day also I'm as nothing has improved there I see     apparently.

and no manager to take the reigns or to air yer concerns to ,awful state of affairs for the rpra ,we made the correct call not to enter its not fair on the birds themselves

looked at the yearling one loft results, they had a tough time including the fast day hotspot race. Those first 2 in the final race done well though.