Blackstronach / 15 Aug 2011 09:25

Hi all
Ive just had one of the best life time experiences , a trip to Canada for 9 days, who could ever of thought it. through the love of english tipplers.
I was introduced to a guy named Harpreet Bal on the old T.T through Dave Warrener , we seemed to hit it off right away got on really well and kept in touch ever since like we knew each other for years. Harpreet promised one
day he would actually come a pay me a visit . i thought he was nuts . no way
will he come this far to visit . Sure enough hes a man of his word ,he
turned up last year and stayed with us even timed my kit . I could not
believe it having him here he was like one of the familly .
The next thing i know Harpreet said im coming to collect you Dave. He
actually was coming to pick me up to go to Canada . i couldnt believe my
luck . we touched down in Toronto , We were greeted by Sikander Bal to
pick us up .What a nice bloke he was . We were off to his place where i seen
my first kit of young ones of the visit , it was great seeing his wife doing
a good job dropping the kit as we turned up.
then we were off to Harpreets home to meet his familly who took to me like
one of their own , his house is massive ,out of this world.his wife easy
going and easy to get along with as well as his parents Hapreets kids are
really nice , spending all that time with them im really going to miss them
. The food was amazing the massive barbacue on the decking at the back of
the house was great along with the other many food places i was took to. i
was stuffed .we watched dvds in the huge basement of his home can i tell you
how i would kill to have the space what he has got at his home i got to see
many good things at harpreets loft young birds into the night and we just
learned from each other i think we have a really good understanding i really
enjoyed his company i feel i can chat with him on tipplers for hours
Harpreet took me to see Oscar it was a privilege to meet such a great
person . He is the encyclopedia of tipplers over there , his understanding
of tipplers is second to none as demonstrated by some really quality
tipplers i seen in his loft and other tipplers in other lofts throughout the
visit Harpreet took me to some great places to see some great lofts of
people who ive never heard from before. one guy Malardin had the kit drop in
on the 10th floor onto his balcony amazing to see him . ive learned a lot
from the experience of the trip the weather is really hard on the tipplers
as well as all the falcons coopers racoons and other things running and
flying around demonstrated by one bloke which his name escapes me now he had
them all stuffed and on show in his house .it was great and i took many
pictures there Harpreet took me into a parking lot where we just sat and
watched falcons sitting around the buildings and nest boxes . the wildlife
there is something to see which i will remember for ever .
One of the days was a suprise visit to see Kemo . Harpreet tricked him big
time , he knocked on his door whilst i covered my face a little , he
obviously did not know i was in Toronto , he said come in then noticed me
after a while i think we gave him the shock of his life . What a friendly
person also his wife Louise made me really welcome .what can i say about
his house outstanding home also a really amazing place to fly birds from
and the scenery of his place was great , i took many photos of his loft and
birds . i was to see kemo later on the trip also ,
It was at Lukas home the meeting place , what an honour it was to
finally meet this man , i think of luka as one of my best mates in tipplers
. i find luka a really nice genuin person who has helped me loads im sure we
will stay intouch for many years to come . he also had a fantastic home and
a little tidy loft with not too many tipplers but what he did have were
absolute quality those cheques are amazing looking , At Lukas place it was
a pleasure being in the company of the likes of Kemo Oscar Harpreet and Nino
, it was all set up a few beers the sun shining and a beautiful spread layed
out , to top it off the cake with welcome to Canada Dave. I felt like
royalty . We all talked tipplers and shot some good photographs , i cant
thank you lads enough it made my trip i loved it.
I then found time to go to Neens place i was welcomed with more beers this
was something else i could not believe what i was seeing .a massive
swimming pool with a diving board a great garden then a fantastic tippler
loft and tipplers you have to be there to appreciate this . I find Nino a
straight talking guy he tells you how it is wether you like it or not . It
was again a pleasure to meet up with another great tipplerman from the FT
site . It was such a shame Michael beat missed my trip by only a few days he
had just left Toronto im sure i will meet him in the near future as well as
my other good mate Danny boy the trip seemed to just flyby we covered so
much in a short space of time Niagra Falls is something i always wanted to
see Harpreet even took me there this is a place i will never forget as long
as i live ,

Harpreet you must be commended mate i will never forget the trip you made it
happen hope to do it again real soon

THANKYOU

Dave

Submitted by Blackstronach on 8/15/2011 9:52:25 AM