Convoyers report Grantham 20th May

Racepoint - Grantham 20th May
Friday Night at 11 30 one of our wagons breaks down just after we have had to stop for our 45 min break, due to this it needed recovering as was not driveable sewells were phoned 1 am sewells arrived and took the wagon to the nearest safest place to tranship the baskets on to the spare wagon which was on its way from crook. 2 30 am all birds were transhipped on to the wagon and then we set off to go to Grantham. Both wagons arrived on site for 5oclock all birds watered by half 5 curtains were opened shutters were lifted. They was no word till 11 so the birds drivers and helpers could get a couple hours sleep. 9 - 10 o'clock waters were splashed to encourage the birds to drink before there flight. 11 15 birds liberated in North east wind
Line Of Flight
Newark, worksop, Wetherby, ripon, Darlington, Bishop Auckland, Cockfield, Crook, Consett, Stanley, Newcastle