15,000 BIKERS IN WOOTTON-BASSETT FUNDRAISING TRIBUTE TO BRITISH TROOPS

SKY NEWS:

Some 10,000 bikers and 5,000 pillion passengers are taking part in the procession to the town to raise money for the charity Afghan Heroes.

The ride, believed to the biggest of its kind, has raised more than £100,000 so far.

All the money raised will be donated to the families who have lost loved ones during the war in Afghanistan.

WILTSHIRE.CO:

Organisers of the 10,000-bike charity ride through Wootton Bassett this Sunday visited RAF Lyneham today to pay thanks to the air base on behalf of Afghan Heroes.

Organiser Julia Stevenson lead the group of bikers from the Cross Keys pub in Wootton Bassett to RAF Lyneham, and they were joined by some RAF personnel who were on the ride on Sunday.

The group met Station Commander Group Captain John Gladston to present a glass plaque to show the thanks Afghan Heroes feels for the role RAF Lyneham takes in repatriations.

Afghan Heroes is the charity which will benefit from the bike ride, as each person who attended paid at least £5 to the charity.

Gp Cpt Gladston said: “I think it is terrific. “The support we get from the local community and charities like Afghan Heroes is absolutely astonishing. “This is a fitting mark of respect from the Afghan Heroes Charity.” Speaking directly to the bikers, he added: “I would like to say thank you on behalf of the whole of Lyneham. “We highly value the support you give us.”

RAF Lyneham is where the bodies of soldiers are flown back to before they are driven through Wootton Bassett towards Oxford.

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SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE TROOPS WHO DEFEND THE WEST IS SOMETHING THE LEFT NEVER DOES - BECAUSE THE LEFT HATES THE WEST.