Peterborough Saturday 2nd September 2017

Submitted by A Brown on Sat, 02/09/2017 - 19:29

Fri spoke to Martin and Stephen ,vote was 3 to 0 to go

4.30 arrived at yard picked up Cockfield,Crook West Durham and Darlington Feds ,due to a problem with a wagon ,one wagon had to be changed over at yard, arrived at Leeming for 9.50

Left Leeming at 10.40 with 3 wagons and a trailer , due to a diversion for roadworks did not arrive on site until 2.50 ,birds watered and opened up by 3.15

Sat ,up at 6.00 ,cloudless skies

6.20 fog on site and on route

9.00 visibility about 500 yards

9.45 clear from Grantham north ,just starting to clear on site

10.15 very good on site

10.30 liberated in a north wind turning south on route

Basket numbers

Cockfield 26.Crook 16, West Durham 45, Deerness Valley 25
Darlington 18 Consett 42, Annfield Plain 33, Sacriston 29
Newcastle 21, Tyne and Derwent 27

Total 262

Peter Mathews posted by Alan Brown