Overturned lorry spills mackerel across field in County Down

The scores of mackerel overturned into a field at Derryboy Road near Crossgar earlier on Wednesday (Picture by Louise Flinn)

Many people might think they had been given a fishy story when told a lorryload of mackerel had overturned in a field.

But this picture from Louise Flinn shows there was no codding.

The scores of mackerel overturned into a field at Derryboy Road near Crossgar earlier on Wednesday.

The result is a lot of upset fish sellers and even more content farm cats.

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