Billericay Sat 27th June 2015,Convoyers Report

Fri 7,55 am Alan Brown rang my vote was to go, Alan had already spoken to Martin and Stephen vote was 3 to 0 to go

5,30 pm arrived at yard ,set off picking up Deerness Valley ,West Durham and Darlington ,arriving at Barton at 10,05

Set off to race point at 11,30 with 2 wagons and 1 trailer , getting to site at 4,55 ,birds watered and opened up by 5,30

Sent a text to Alan saying no word until 9,00 giving birds time to rest

7,15 Clear blue skies with a cool North west wind ,rang my contacts saying very good condions on route

Birds liberated at 8,15 in a fresh North west wind turning west on route.

Left site at 2,00 arriving back at yard at 8,45

Peter Mathews ,posted by Alan Brown

Note to members if you want early liberationis from this race point we need to look at altering pick up time or perhaps centre pick ups ,my sat nav in Crook shows 265 miles to Billericay with a travel time of almost 5 hours by car without any stops,something to think about for next year,
Alan Brown