Peterborough Sun 4th Sept 2016 Convoyers Report

Submitted by A Brown on Sun, 04/09/2016 - 20:55

Fri 7.45 rang Martin ,Alan rang Stephen vote was 2 to 1 not to go

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

1.00 arrived at yard set off picking up Deerness Valley ,West Durham and Richmond arriving at Barton for 6.15

Left Barton at 7.20 with 3 wagons and 1 trailer arrived on site at 11 ,birds watered and opened up

Sunday 5.50 blue skies on site ,poor weather from York northwards

Weather poor at home end with fog patches coming and going

10.45 ,started to clear at home end ,full cloud cover on site

11.35 clearing from the north with odd showers Doncaster and York areas
Birds liberated at 11.50 in a fresh north west wind more north near home end

Setting off back at 12.40 line of heavy showers with gaps between near Newark and a couple of showers near Wetherby

Basket numbers

Crook. 11
Cockfield. 32
Darlington. 21
West Durham. 49
Consett. 31
Sacriston. 23
Newcastle. 19
Deerness Valley.31
Annfield Plain. 36
Tyne Derwent. 29

Total. 282

Peter Mathews ,posted by Alan Brown