Bikers hit the road
LOCAL motorbike enthusiasts are saddling up for the annual Easter Egg Run in aid of a Glasgow children’s hospital.
AN EASTER parade with a difference is all set to leave Lochgilphead for the big city next weekend.
And bike enthusiast Stephen McCormick is looking for plenty of locals to join him on one of the biggest motorbike runs in Scotland – for a cause close to his heart.
The annual Easter Egg Run is held in support of Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, a cause which Stephen has been part of for many years.
‘Along with a few pals, I’ve been doing the bike ride for the past eight years or so. We’ll be travelling to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow and, though we’re supposed to take an Easter egg, the main point of this is to raise cash.’
Bikers from Lochgilphead will leave the Riverside filling station at 8am on Easter Sunday, April 16, before heading to Glasgow to meet up with fellow bikers from all over Scotland near Glasgow Green.
The colourful and spectacular parade then winds its way across the Clyde and through the city to the hospital, part of what was the Southern General but is now the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
‘Though I’ve been doing it for years, I never thought I would experience the services of the hospital,’ said Stephen. ‘But recently my own granddaughter has been receiving treatment there, and it brings it home to you just how important these places are. The staff have been fantastic.’
There is a constant need for fundraising, so if you would like to donate money towards the Easter Egg Run, you can hand it into the Riverside filling station or to MacLeod Construction Ltd offices at Kilmory Industrial Estate.
If you want to meet Stephen and his trusty Honda Pan-European 1300 bike, he is planning to be at the Riverside tomorrow, Saturday, with his collecting tin. ‘I would encourage anyone with a bike to come along next Sunday,’ added Stephen. ‘Come as you are – or in fancy dress if you like. It’s a good laugh, and it is for a really good cause.’