Huntingdon Saturday 29th April 2017 Convoyers Report

Submitted by A Brown on Sat, 29/04/2017 - 19:55

Fri ,rang Martin and. Stephen vote was 3 to 0 to go ,informed Alan

Fri, arrived at yard for 5.00 ,picked up Deerness Valley ,part West Durham, Crook ,Cockfield and Darlington, ,arrived at Leeming for 9.45 ,
Travelled to site with 4 wagons and 2 trailers ,on site by 1.50 ,opened up and watered by 2.20

Sat 6.30 , blue skies , with patches of thick low cloud in Doncaster to Wetherby area which was forecast to clear.

Durham Combine, Up North Combine , and New North Amal all on site , as DC and UNC were on site before me felt obliged to let them liberate first ,

7,30 Doncaster , Wetherby area a lot brighter but still full cloud cover
9.00 birds liberated in a light south west wind clearing well

On route home ,broken skies to Ollerton area then full cloud to Ripon

Basket numbers

Crook. 20
Cockfield. 43
Consett. 80
Newcastle 45
Tyne Der. 48
West Durham 75
Annfield Plain. 55
Sacriston. 50
Deerness Valley 39
Darlington. 28

Total. 483

Peter Mathews

Posted by Alan Brown