Thank you to those of you that have stopped by to visit my Nightrider page in support of Essex Air Ambulance.

If any of you have witnessed my pathetic efforts at 60 mile bike rides, you will know that I usually complete them by myself.  The reason for this is that after about 3 miles (me being generous) everybody else has pedalled off towards the finish line.  It is for this reason I have entered my lonesome self into the next race - that way, my morale is not deflated when I see my team mates pull away.

To mix it up I am completing this 60 mile ride at night, we start from Crystal Palace and then cycle round the London sites - If I survive the course (Brixton, Ballham, Peckham etc) it will be for an extremely worthy cause - Essex Air Ambulance.

As you can see from my photos, I have been up to visit the Essex Air Ambulance base and was taken aback by the dedication and support the charity give to the public.  Each flight costs £2000.00 to carry out with two helicopters covering Essex and Hertfordshire.  The crazy thing about it is that they only receive minimal funding from the government, the rest has to be raised through charity fund raising.

To round it off, a few days after my visit, I actually saw the crew in action when they landed by Thorpe Bay Yacht club, I caught them as they were taking off to fly a patient with life threatening injuries up to a London hospital.

Thank you to Nezda Leigh for organising my visit – Please find a minute to dig deep and help this very noble and often forgotten cause.

Many thanks - Quiller