John Radcliff Easter Egg Run

April 12, 2003 the John Radcliff Easter Childrens Charity run.

Not a bad turnout, 40 bikes in all. The weather was great and the amount of presents fantastic. It was worth while just to see the awed expressions on the childrens' faces.

Ready for the off?

Complete with easter chicks - one of which ended up as fried chicken on the exhaust pipe. Hope you managed to get that cleaned off.

And they're off.............

You have no idea how hard it is to take "over the shoulder shots". I snapped about 30 pics of my helmet, the sky, my saddle, my fingers and some I just can't identify.

but these came out OK, I think.

Arrival in Headington

Who is this stranger? Are our memories so short? Nice to see the old chapter president make the effort.

How many bikers can you get in a lift?

..................? Caption contest.

And then we invaded the wards.

My mummy told me not to take sweets from strange men!

Then the staff brough the children outside to see the bikes.

This little girl was wheelchair bound but................

..... such a small detail wasn't going to stop her having a ride round the car park.

Gopher showing off - FINEMASTER!!

The kids loved it. The staff were nervous and security had given up.

Wait a mo, I recognise that bike!

This was one of those lump in the thoat moments when they wheeled the bed of this little boy in the parking lot because he really wanted to see the bikes. We did offer to hook it to the back of one. Nursing staff can be so stuffy sometimes.

After that, where else but the pub.

This is Big Nij trying to work out our location in relation to the galactic center (and failing).

The bar staff were taken by surprise (which is always nice) and what promised to be a quiet afternoon turned out much more busy.

All in all a good run and a lot of fun.