Leicester 22nd May 2016 Convoyers Report

Submitted by A Brown on Sun, 22/05/2016 - 18:59

Fri 7.45 rang Martin Wade ,Stephen Meadows and Alan Brown vote was 3 to 0 to delay 24 hours

Sat 7.45 rang Martin Wade ,Alan rang Stephen Meadows vote was 3 to 0 to go

1.00 arrived at yard picked up Deerness Valley, West Durham, Crook and Cockfield Feds

Arrived at Barton at 6.45 left for Leicester with 3 wagons and 2 trailers arriving on site at 10.40 ,birds watered and opened up by 11.10

Sun 6.00 full cloud cover on site ,good at home end and most of the route

7.00 skies breaking sun out by 7.10

Birds liberated at 7.25 in no wind was going to liberate at 7.30 but 4 birds escaped from a damaged Annfield Plain basket at 7.25 so liberated all at 7.25 birds clearing well ,due to this happening I did not manage to do a video

Back to yard by 4.20

Basket numbers

Crook. 16
Cockfield. 30
West Durham. 59
Deerness Valley 34
Newcastle. 29
Consett. 63
Annfield Plain. 41
Sacriston. 37
Tyne Derwent. 35
Darlington. 32

Total. 376
Peter Mathews ,posted by Alan Brown