Wakefield 8th April 2017 Convoyers Report

Submitted by A Brown on Sun, 09/04/2017 - 15:24

Fri 7.45 am ,rang Martin Wade ,Alan rang Stephen Meadows , vote was 3 to 0 to go

5.15 pm arrived at yard , picked up Deerness Valley , part West Durham , back to yard for trailer then picked up Crook , Cockfield and Darlington, arrived at Barton for 10.00

Left for Racepoint with 4 wagons and 2 trailers , arrived on site at 12.30 , birds watered and opened up by 1.00

Sat , up at 6.30 ,white frost with low mist

8.00 sky clearing on route but visibility still not good enough at Racepoint

9.00 birds liberated in no wind

Left site at 9.45 dropping off baskets on way back

Basket numbers

Deerness Valley. 37
Crook. 14
Cockfield. 36
Darlington. 25
Sacriston. 48
Annfield Plain. 56
Newcastle. 49
Tyne Derwent. 51
West Durham. 72
Consett. 80

Total. 468

Peter Mathews , posted by Alan Brown

Just a note when we take 2 trailers we take an extra helper

Alan Brown