Maidstone Sun 5th June 2016 Convoyers Report

Fri 7.45 Alan Brown , Martin Wade ,Stephen Meadows all voted to delay race by 24 hours

Sat 7.45 vote was 3 to 0 to go ,

Sat 2.00 arrived at yard went out to pick up West Durham and Cockfield

6.00 2 wagons and 1 trailer left yard at Maidstone for 2.30 ,wagons opened and birds watered by 3.15

Sun , up at 6.00 ,gates opened at 7.00 and moved onto site ,checked all drinkers

Weather on site ok, line of flight had patches of fog and overcast skies

10.00 line of flight weather improving slowly

11.00 weather on line of flight broken cloud and sunshine all way

11.15 Birds liberated in a light north east wind

Setting off at 12 to travel back to yard

Dan Jenkins ,posted by Alan Brown , Peter Mathews is on holiday