Thoresby Hall 13th Aug 2016 Convoyers Report

Submitted by A Brown on Sat, 13/08/2016 - 20:24

Fri 7.45 rang Martin ,Alan rang Stephen vote was 2 to 1 to go

Arrived at yard at 5.00!,picked up Deerness Valley ,West Durham,Crook and Cockfield Feds arrived at Barton for 9.45 ,left Barton at 11.00 with 4 wagons and 1 trailer arriving on site at 1.30

Birds opened up and watered by 2.00 am

Sat , up at 6.30 full cloud cover,

Cloud clearing by 8.15

Birds liberated at 9.30 in a west wind

Back to yard by 5.00 after dropping baskets off

Basket numbers

Deerness Valley. 30
West Durham. 71
Crook. 15
Cockfield. 29
Annfield Plain. 44
Sacriston. 31
Newcastle. 38
Tyne Derwent. 49
Consett. 53
Darlington. 22

Total. 382

Peter Mathews ,posted by Alan Brown