Thoresby Hall 12th Aug 2017 Convoyers Report

Submitted by A Brown on Sat, 12/08/2017 - 21:31

Fri ,Alan rang Martin and Stephen ,then spoke to me vote was 3 to 0 to go

Fri 6.10 arrived at yard picked up West Durham,Crook Cockfield Feds

Arrived at Leeming for 9.50 ,setting off for Thoresby with 4 wagons and trailer at 10. 40 arrived on site at 12.30 birds watered and opened up by 12.45 ,have noticed that very few birds are drinking

Sat up at 6.15 ,clear on route full cloud cover on site ,

9.00 still poor on site ,showers developing at back side of home end,

11.00 still poor on site and up to Doncaster,heavy rain at north part of home end,forecast suggesting that rain was pushing out into the North Sea ,

12.15 breaking on site ,rain radar showing heavy showers pushing to the North Sea

12.40 ,birds liberated in a north west wind

On way home good visibility and good skies until Catterick where a mix of dark cloud and rain stretched from Richmond to Teesside,showers becoming a large band of rain

Basket numbers

Crook 16.,Cockfield 37,Consett 46.Darlington 18
Annfield Plain 39,Newcastle 34,Tyne Derwent 39,Sacriston 35
West Durham 48, Deerness valley 29

Total. 341

Peter Mathews posted by Alan Brown