CONVOYERS REPORT,wetherby sub THORSBY hall

Fri,rang s,meadows and m,wade,vote 3-0,not to go
SAT,rang m,wade and s, meadows,vote 3-0 .not to go. Sun,vote 3-0 not to go
Mon,rang comitee again vote 3-0,not to go
Tues rang Steven and Martin, vote 3-0 to go,
This is all due to rule in handbook,that's states weather comitee,vote every morning till Tues morning to wether a race should take place, Tues been last day of dispatch, weather to be good till 1pm,with poor vis. in places clearing early morning
5pm went to yard to pick wagon up,then off to DV, WD, CR,CF and DAR feds up,then off to thorsby hall,on site for 11.30pm,birds watered and opened up by 12.15 am.
SAT up at 5.30 am blue skies and high cloud,by 6.30 cloud coming from the south,very dark,coming and going,poor thirsk and ripon area,MIST or fog.7.30am getting worse on site and looking south very black,sunny on the east side up past Doncaster,took the decision to get birds closer to guarantee a race.poor on route north,arriving at wetherby 9.20.10am skies clearing and vis. getting better,sunny on site by10,10.waiting for other WDA birds to be libbed,consett birds not clearing the best ,breaking up as they went north,Darlington wanting a single LIB,main group going up at 10.45 clearing well into a se wind,dar libbed at 11am clearing well also.odd darker patches on route home , but bits of blue skies on route.. peter matthews