WDA Huntingdon 30th June 2018 Convoyers Report

Submitted by A Brown on Sat, 30/06/2018 - 20:29

Fri vote was 3 to 0 to go ,Martin was still on holiday Alan had 3rd vote

Fri 5.30 went to yard picked up West Durham,Cockfield and Crook Feds arrived at Barton for 9.00 ,set off with 2 wagons and a trailer at 10,10 arrived on site at 1,45 birds opened up and watered by 2.15

Sat 5.50 full cloud cover on site and most of route

7.00 skies breaking from north and east ,fresh wind and cool on site
Birds liberated at 7,45 into a north east wind ,warming up quickly .birds cleared well and strangely going high into a head wind

Basket numbers
Newcastle 21 Tyne Derwent 22,Annfield Plain 28 Consett 43
Cockfield 22, Crook 13 ,Deerness Valley 19 Darlington 18
West Durham 45. Total. 231

Peter Mathews,posted by Alan Brown