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RideSafe BackSafe’s Christmas Toy Run Sunday 29th November 2009.

Everyone met up at the Preston Harley Davidson Dealership where hot drinks were provided, Thank goodness, as it was a very cold wet day. Our trailer got filled up with presents and after Ruby in her Santa Suit had her photo taken quite a few times around 100 bikes with maybe 20 plus Santa’s set off at around 11am with Police Escorts & loads of marshals riding to the Children’s Ward at Royal Preston Hospital. Some toys were delivered there and after many more photos were taken we set off around 12.30 to Donna’s Dream House in Blackpool with a second delivery of toys. Here tea, coffee and seemingly limitless mince pies were provided. Here, we were encouraged to look around this fantastic house which provides free holidays for terminally ill children & teenagers and their families. A truly amazing place which brought tears to our eyes. It made us all forget about being cold and wet I can tell you.

Phil, Pam & Ruby

Cutting from Scarborough Evening News

Published on Tue Sep 14 12:54:51 BST 2010

A DAZZLING array of Honda GoldWing motorbikes lit up Scarborough over the weekend.

Crowds of onlookers flocked to Foreshore Road to check out the display of bikes from all over the country including one ridden by Coronation Street star Peter Armitage, better known as Kevin Webster’s dad Bill in the long-running ITV1 soap.

The event was organised by Yorkshire GoldWings and has proved so popular with the public that it has become an annual gathering.

A spokesman said: “In the last three years the bikers have collected more than £13,000 for the Scarborough and Filey lifeboats and they expect once again to swell the lifeboat coffers.

“The riders chose our Yorkshire lifeboats as a worthy charity to support when lifeboat teams travelled inland to help rescue Yorkshire folk from the floods of 2007.”

Members of the Yorkshire Region of the GoldWing Owners Club of Great Britain dressed up as pirates to entertain visitors and collect for the lifeboat charities.

Scarborough’s mayor and consort, Cllr Hazel Lynskey and the Hon Alderman Sheila Kettlewell, attended the display on Saturday afternoon to judge the bikes and award prizes to the winning owners.

Later that evening Cllr Lynskey started the stunning light parade as it left Northstead Manor Drive car park.

The Scarborough Lifeboat Supporters Group were also out in force along with the Scarborough 2nd Girl Guides who helped with tombola stalls.