On Sunday 7th December,
more than 300 bikers bearing gifts travelled in procession
along the A47 through Leicester Forest East.
The British Motorcyclists Federation, together with
the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, and
the Leicester City Council, got together to organise
the popular motorcycle ‘Toy Run’ in aid
of the Children’s Ward at the Leicester Royal
Infirmary.
Now in its sixth year, the bikers met up at at Mallory
Park and started off at 11am and arrived at Aylestone
Leisure Centre in Leicester at around 11.45am where
staff from the Children's Hospital greeted the bikers
with hot drinks and mince pies.
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Meeting
at Mallory Park |
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For
a chance to catch up with old friends |
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and
to try and defrost with an expensive cuppa and a bacon
butty |
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With
an Argos truck taking the lead |
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(to
carry all the donated gifts) the group set off at 11am |
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and
travelled along the A47 |
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through
Leicester Forest East |
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headed
by Police motorcyclists and B.M.F. marshalls |
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Many
of the riders and pillions |
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dressed
up as Santas helpers |
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Tail-end
charlies pass through L.F.E |
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A queue
at West Bridge |
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The
gifts were piled high at the Aylestone Leisure Centre |
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The majority of the photographs © were taken
by resident photographer Brian
