Tours 23rd June 2017 Convoyers Report

Submitted by A Brown on Mon, 26/06/2017 - 20:48

Tuesday 7.45 ,rang Martin ,Alan rang Stephen vote was 3 to 0 to go

Arrived at yard for 7.00 ,set off with 1 wagon when birds had been ferried in , collected Darlington on way arrived at Dover for 3.50 ,sailed on 4.20 ferry

Wednesday,arrived at Abbeville for 11.00 , stopped ,opened up and watered by 11.30.Stayed at Abbeville fed birds at 4.00 and rewatered temperature 37 deg

Thursday left at 7.00 arrived at site for 12.00, birds opened up and watered by 12.20

Birds fed at 4.00 and rewatered ,temperature on site 36 deg

Fri ,up at 4.00 ,full cloud cover on site but brightening up ,birds liberated at 7.30 in a north west wind ,west in northern France turning west south west in England,forecast was for rain or showers at home end good up to Wetherby
Arrived back at yard at 2.00 am Sunday

Basket numbers
Crook 2 Cockfield 4, Consett 7, Darlington 3,Sacriston 4
Tyne Derwent 6 West Durham 4 Newcastle 2
Annfield Plain 4. Deerness Valley 4

Total 40
Peter Mathews ,posted by Alan Brown