Easter Egg Run 2009
By far the biggest BikeWise Easter Egg run to date took place on Easter Sunday gone with somewhere in the region of 800 bikes and probably something like 1200 people mustering in Tesco car park Durham onward bound for Durham and Darlington's main hospitals.
Escorted by Durham Police Motorcycle section with support from Cleveland Police Motorcyclists and Durham Advanced Motorcyclists acting as marshals the event wound its way through Durham City and down the A167 into Darlington.
The event was led by Sergeant Iain Rodgers and stunt rider Dave Coates on his Yamaha FZ1. Dave is no stranger to Durham Motorcycle Section having been a major attraction at the BikeWise events for a number of years.
Along the route crowds had gathered to photograph the impressive spectacle of so many bikes and to lend support to the participants.
A smile was brought to the children spending Easter in the hospitals of Darlington Memorial and University Hospital Durham who were given Easter Eggs donated by the bikers on the run.
The convoy then concluded at Police HQ for a hot drink, biscuits and a presentation on motorcycle casualty reduction work ongoing in the area.
Over the last couple of days the remaining eggs (Hundreds!) have been donated to Bishop Auckland Children's Ward, Hartlepool General Children's Unit, Heathway Respite Centre in Seaham, Sunderland General Children's Ward , The Durham Centre at Aykley Heads and our local special school; Trinity School, Durham.
In addition the money in the donation buckets has been counted and over £620 was donated for the benefit of the Meningitis Research Foundation.
So to all of you that took part from all of us at the bike section thank for making the day so successful, your patience, generosity and exemplary riding is a credit to you all, you should rightly be proud.
Ride safe and remember Respect the community, other road users, your machine and ultimately your life!!
And remember Clear? Sure … Wait A Second!
See you at BikeWise!!
PICTURES CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING HERE
Photographs can be ordered by following the instructions contained in the above link which explains how to enlarge your view of the photograph you want and then print off a rough copy using the print or ‘print screen’ key.
Once you have printed off the photograph you want please then write your name, address and telephone contact number on the back of your printout.
Complete a cheque for £8 payable to ‘Durham Police Motorcycles’ per photograph.
Send your rough printout and the cheque to:-
Motorcycle Section
Durham Constabulary Police HQ
Aykley Heads
Durham
DH1 5TT
You will receive a 9 x 6 and a 6 x 4 photograph in return.
Proceeds from the photographs will be donated to charity.