Tours 24th June 2016 Convoyers report

Submitted by A Brown on Sat, 25/06/2016 - 21:00

Tues 7,45 ,rang Martin Wade ,Alan rang Stephen vote was 2 to 1 to go

Wed ,left yard at 9.00 picking up Darlington fed arriving in Dover for 5.00 ,birds watered.
In France by 9.00 am drove to about 50 miles away from Tours ,birds watered at 2.00 ,birds fed at 4.00 and waters changed

Thurs ,9.00 set off to Tours arriving on wrong site by 10.30 ,birds watered ,moved onto right site by 2.00 birds watered ,fed birds at 4.30 and waters changed

Fri up at 4.45 blue sky but dark clouds coming over from south west ,gave birds a small fed at 6.30

6.00 very dark clouds overhead
8.30 skies brighter but no blue patches
9,30 skies brightening with areas of blue sky appearing
10.00 birds liberated in a light north west wind ,stronger in northern France
Left at 10,30 back into Dover by 9.45 drove to Cambridge and stopped 1.00 had 4 hour break ,back to yard by 9.0o

Basket no. Newcastle. 1. 9 birds
Tyne Derwent. 3. 34
Consett. 6. 67
Annfield Plain. 3. 44
Sacriston. 3. 43
Deerness Valley. 2. 23
Crook. 2. 22
Cockfield. 2. 27
West Durham. 2. 36
Darlington. 2. 23
Total. 26. 328 birds

Peter Mathews posted by Alan Brown