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CLEAR BLUE SKIES COLD WEST NORTH WEST WIND AT CONSETT

broken cloud cover sw wind at consett

WDA PETERBOROUGH LIB 10.00 SE WIND DURHAM COMBINE PETERBORUGH LIB 10.20 SE WIND

WDA PETERBOROUGH NO WORD TILL 10.00 SLOWLY IMPROVING AT SITE

WDA PETERBOROUGH NO WORD TILL 9.00 FOGGY AT RACEPOINT

NICE MORNING AT CONSETT VIRTUALY NO WIND

nearest windmills to consett are at towlaw which is 5 miles away

I WAS AT CONSETT SITE ON AUG 21ST AND TOTALY AGREE WITH THE LETTER BY JIM YOUNG I FIRST WENT TO THE SITE WITH SOME STRAYS AT 7.00 ONLY THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND TRANSPORTER WAS ON SITE AFTER TALKING TO THE CONVOYER HE SAID HE WOULD NOT BE LIBERATING BEFORE 8.15. I THEN RETURNED TO THE SITE AT 8.00 AND THE ALMOND VALLEY TRANSPORTER WAS ON SITE THEN. I THEN TALKED THE THE ALMOND VALLEY CONVOYER WHO SHOWED MYSELF & OTHER FANCIERS AROUND THE TRANSPORTER WHICH WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH. HE SAID THEY WOULD NOT BE LIBERATING BEFORE 9.00 AS THERE HAD BEEN A LIB AT BERWICK AT 7.00 AND THEY WERE WAITING TILL THEY CLEARED THROUGH THE AREA. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND WOULD GO 1ST AT 9.00 . THE ALMOND VALLEY CONVOYER HELPED THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND CONVOYER PREPARE FOR LIBERATION & LIBERATE THE BIRDS AT 9.00 WHICH CLEARED THE SITE IMMEDIATELY. THE ALMOND VALLEY CONVOYER THEN LIBERATED AT 9.15 THE BIRDS CLEARED THE SITE BUT A BATCH OF ABOUT 100 RETURNED AFTER 5 MINS . BOTH CONVOYERS THEN CLEANED UP THE SITE. I LEFT THE SITE AT 9.30 AND BOTH CONVOYERS WERE STILL THERE TOM RIDDLE(SECRETARY TYNE/DERWENT FEDERATION

LANARK BIRDS AT CONSETT BATCH OF ABOUT 12 CLEARED STRAIGHT AWAY OTHERS STILL HANGING AROUND LIB SITE 15 MINS AFTER LIB WIND STRONG NW

POST THE DETAILS I,LL COLLECT IT AND GET IT TO TRANSPORTERS AT CONSETT LOW WESTWOOD IS 3 MILES FROM CONSETT SITE

THE FOLLOWING BIRDS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AND WILL BE PUT ON TRANSPORTERS AT CONSETT TOMORROW SU 10 AB 274 SU 10 AF 1508 SU 10 ML1736 SU 10 P 1450

WDA LEICESTER HELDOVER

WDA LEICESTER NO WORD TILL 2.00

APROX 20 SU BIRDS PUT ON TO TRANSPORTERS AT CONSETT

WATCHED LIBS AT CONSETT NORTH OF SCOTLAND 9.00 SW WIND BIRDS CLEARED IMMEDIATELY ALMOND VALLEY LIB 9.15 BIRDS SPLIT INTO 3 GROUPS CLEARED SITE BUT BATCH OF 100 RETURNED AFTER 5 MINS GOOD LUCK

WDA LEICESTER NO WORD TILL 12.00 FULL CLOUD COVER UNC NO WORD TILL 12.30 BIRDS BEING MOVED CLOSER HOME

I HAVE PICKED UP THE FOLLOWING BIRDS FROM THE NEHU OFFICE THEY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CONVOYER AT CONSETT SU 10 CA 3469 SU 10 NW 1460 SU 10 L 5671 SU 10 P 5875

wda at peterborough 175 miles 25 to go

WDA THORESBYHALL LIB 12.00 NE WIND

WDA THORESBYHALL NO WORD TILL 11.00 UNC TEESIDE FED LIBBED 11.15 AT PONTEFRACT ENE WIND WEATHER IMPROVING AT CONSETT

WDA THORESBY HALL NO WORD TILL 11.00

raining at consett

consett birds did not clear site very well the weather was ok at time of lib plenty of sunshine west wind they dropped into the derwnt valley and flew up & down valley for excess of 1/2 hr before lifting out ad heading north

BEST TORING BEFORE YOU GO I KNOW FRIDAYS A BAD DAY TO GO BUSY WITH GETTING EVERYTHING READY FOR WEEKENDS RACE

TYNE/DERWENT FED OLD BIRD WINNERS WHITE/JOHNSON WAKEFIELD HUNTINGDON G.LUCAS/GDTR THORESBYHALL MR/MRS JONES (BLAYDON RACER) LEICESTER MAIDSTONE BALL/S/G,SON HUNTINGDON1 BILLERICAY 3 DRIVER/DAWSON/DAWSON (TREBLE D) BILLERICAY 1 BILLERICAY 2 ARRAS 2 VINCE/MEADOWS FOLKSTONE NAT MR/MRS CALLENDER LEICESTER 2 O.SHAW ARRAS D.HENDERSON CLERMONT Q.C BOURGES 2 X 1ST WDA E.CRANSTON/S/PTR CLERMONT NAT 1ST WDA W.CRANSTON/SON BILLERICAY 4 AVERAGES WHITE/JOHNSON OLD BIRD & INLAND AVE WINNERS D.HENDERSON CHANNEL AVE WINNER WHITE/JOHNSON BEST OLD BIRD WELL DONE EVERY ONE