We are the Bonkers Bikers - a bunch of charitably minded railway employees and affiliates that take on multi-day cycling rides whilst raising money for worthy causes. Over the last three years we managed to raise over £73k for a range of charities, including Railway Children and Birmingham Children's Hospital.

This year we have a new principal sponsor in Freightliner Group, who are kindly providing two support vehicles and some branded Lycra - everything else including travel, accommodation and food is self funded by the participants. In recognition of our new sponsors, we have given this year's ride a freight theme. Day one will see us ride from Freightliner's Midland Road Depot in Leeds and head out to Hull to catch the overnight Ferry to Rotterdam. A sleep deprived ride on day two will start with a photo opportunity at Freightliner Rail Feeding Hub in Rotterdam followed by c.100-miles on the road before an overnight in a converted Dutch monastery. Finally, on day three we will head to Cologne via the Siemens Wildenrath test track, finishing at the iconic cathedral in the city centre.

Riders this year are me, Darren Ward, Martin Ward, Paul Williams, Michael Stokes, Chris Reid, Chris Rothwell, Nick Westcott, Ange Steward, Sam Rayment, Sam Alexander, Gary Mullins Downes, Adrian Champion, Hedley Phillips, Dave Meredith, Sarah Young. Tam Giez, Anthony Miles, Marion Rayment and Guy Santos will be our awesome support team.

This year our principal charity will once again be Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity, an amazing charity that does so much to help and support seriously ill kids. Having seen first hand how they use their donations I can assure you that all money raised will be put to good use, help save lives, and make really difficult circumstances that little bit less scary.

Thanking you for clicking the link and reading this far. We appreciate all support, from cheerleading to cakes and any kind donations are especially welcome to help us hit our fundraising target.

Thank you!