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Holsworthy is a market town and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, 36 miles (58 km) west of Exeter.The River Deer, a tributary of the River Tamar, forms the western boundary of the parish, which includes the village of Brandis Corner.
The British Show Racer is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding.The British Show Racer along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons are all descendants from the rock pigeon (Columba livia).
The British Homing World Show of the Year is an annual two-day gathering of pigeon fanciers held in Blackpool, England, each January.It has been described as "the Crufts of the pigeon world". [1]
Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance.The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed.
St Giles on the Heath, sometimes hyphenated as St Giles-on-the-Heath, is a village and civil parish in the far west of Devon, England. It forms part of the local government district of Torridge . The village is in the east of the parish and lies on the A388 road about eight miles south of the town of Holsworthy .
The National Pigeon Service (NPS) was a volunteer civilian organization formed in Britain in 1938 as result of representations made to the Committee of Imperial Defence and the British Government by Major W. H. Osman. [1]
A messenger pigeon on a house roof A group of homing pigeons in flight A modern day racing pigeon wearing an electronic timing ring. The homing pigeon is a variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica), selectively bred for its ability to find its way home over extremely long distances.
Exeter Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located near the city of Exeter, Devon, England. Locally it is known as Haldon racecourse because of its location on top of the Haldon Hills. At 850 feet (260 metres above sea level, it is the highest course in the UK. Until the early 1990s it was officially known as Devon and Exeter. [1]