Well it was a cold and hazy afternoon as we met at Keswick to start our annual Christmas Charity Run and much to my surprise a large number of bikes had already assembled. I must apologise for being a little late but we had been to Barrow MAG's Christmas bash the night before and I was a bit late back!

Anyway after a brief crack with local bike Cop Simon Taylor, who assists us with marshalling the event blocking roads and the like, we set out towards Cockermouth. Around 45 bikes had turned out and the local bikers had made donations of canned food for Age Concern which filled two cars.

I sported a very fetching pink helmet cover and lead the entourage to Cockermouth Main Street this was our first stop. I did get quite a few funny looks but hey it’s Christmas. Then with members of the public adding their donations and admiring the bikes we set off again towards Maryport.

Arriving at Maryport we stopped at Greggains Garage to have a photo shoot with the local press.

We then headed back through Workington to our meeting place at Whitehaven The Lowther Arms to hand our donations over to Mary Bradey from Age Concern who expressed her thanks and told us the importance this food would make, not only as food but also as a message to the elderly that people still care about them.

Neil our landlord and fellow MAG member had put on free soup to defrost our numb bodies and the usual crack that seems to start at any bike meet ensued.

We would like to thank all the local bikers and clubs that supported us on the run, Simon Taylor from the police for his assistance and the various members of the public and the local stores (Safeways,Tescos and Greggains Garage), for their support and look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Thanks
Terry Maxwell
Whitehaven MAG REP
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