Billericay 7th May 2016 Convoying Report

Submitted by A Brown on Sun, 08/05/2016 - 19:50

Fri 7.45 rang M Wade ,Alan rang Stephen Meadows vote was 3 to 0 to go

Fri 4.40 arrived at yard picked up Deerness Valley , West Durham Crook and Cockfield Feds arrived at Barton at 10.00

Left Barton at 11 with 3 wagons and 2 trailers arriving on site at 5.55 ,due to detours on route

Birds watered and opened up by 6.30 ,clear skies on site

Full cloud cover and fog patches on route and at home end

9,00 route starting to clear still poor at home end

10.00 starting to brighten at home end from south ,visibility improving ,

10.45 skies clearing and visibility improving at home end

11.00 birds liberated in a south east wind turning north north east on route to east north east at home end ,cooler at home end

Left 3 .00 back at yard for 9.30

Basket numbers

Crook. 18
Cockfield. 41
Deerness V. 35
West Durham 77
Sacriston. 45
Darlington. 29
Consett. 70
Annfield Plain. 53
Newcastle. 42
Tyne Derwent.43

Total. 453

Peter Mathews. Posted by Alan Brown