One of the first sports to return in England after lockdown restrictions were eased after 2 { months? Pigeon racing.
"The whole current situation has got people down and there are a lot of mental problems," organizer John Greenshield told BBC of the Barnsley Federation of Racing Pigeons event, in which 4,465 birds were released in Kettering for a 90-mile trip home. "The racing is something for people to get out of bed for."
The hard part, insiders say, was getting the birds to fly 6 feet apart while keeping their little N95 masks on.
