Somerset One Loft Race

Is anybody sending to the someset one loft race this year I will be sending some with my mate to see if we can do any better than last year, 3 to the final race and not a bird home, thats pigeon racing for you

hope to send 3 for first time

good luck to you both, will be interesting to see how your birds do during the season....  

Im having a go too this year might send 4

good luck martyn, hope they do well for you.......  

By all accounts you need some tough birds for the S.S.O.L race and that's something we do have down here in wales, I think I will send all hens as that's what seems to come well for me.

Martyn your right in what you say you need tough birds it is the hardest route east to west and their is some hardships with it but what I can say with Terry you wont get no harder worker for the birds they are well looked after and Iv been in it for about six years and only once have he had a disaster that was in the early days he was new to it and every body makes a mistake I think now he has learnt a lot from it and this year if he can get 1000 entries he will pay £50,000 to the first bird its worth a go you got to be in it to win it

Ginger wrote:

Martyn your right in what you say you need tough birds it is the hardest route east to west and their is some hardships with it but what I can say with Terry you wont get no harder worker for the birds they are well looked after and Iv been in it for about six years and only once have he had a disaster that was in the early days he was new to it and every body makes a mistake I think now he has learnt a lot from it and this year if he can get 1000 entries he will pay £50,000 to the first bird its worth a go you got to be in it to win it  

6 years !!!!!!! tell's a tale Ginger    & as I have read some good reports, in regards to the race in question etc. One would have to say "They"     appear somehow to be doing something differant, to the likes of the South African race as an example. So just maybe ??????? all is not lost with these type of races.  

Well thanks for the info, Im sending a deposit off this week for my entries, giving it a go what ever.

I think you will enjoy it Martyn you will have three or four months to watch what your/the birds are doing it gives a lot of interest it can even tell you what your birds can do against others you will get some bad results and birds lost with hawks and whot els happens to them but all that is in the lap of the gods when they are out you cant protect them but I am shore you will enjoy it and good luck to you and I hope you do well, well done for trying

terry has just e mail me to say he has extended the time for ybs to be at the loft to middle of april

My 8 will be on the boat today for the SOLR they will be picked up tonight and taken to somerset by noon tomos, I wouldnt like to take the first 8 places MUCH ! it will more likely only be 5 places but I will be happy with that dont want to be too greedy.