Laid up biker Harry vows to be at his own motorcycle show after road crash
The organiser of a bike show that raises thousands to thank Wales Air Ambulance is in a race against time to attend the event – after landing himself in hospital after a crash.
Harry Edwards insists a broken pelvis and smashed knee will not stop him going to Llangollen Bike Show, which he is co-organising on August 1 and 2.
But he admits it is ironic that he finds himself in hospital after a crash on his bike,
The show is planning to raise thousands of pounds for Wales Air Ambulance, which helps scores of stricken motorcyclists every year.
In his case, Harry didn't need the helicopter as he crashed near an accident and emergency unit.
He is now recovering well in Royal Stoke University Hospital after a car pulled out on him and his new Ducati Scrambler near Bodelwyddan, North Wales, on June 3, putting him in intensive care.
The 55-year-old runs the Llangollen-based Shemec engineering company which has just finished rebuilding the town's famous Chain Bridge.
Harry, who is also a keen motorcycle racer, said: "It happened just a mile from Glan Clwyd Hospital accident and emergency unit, so I was taken there by road before being transferred to the trauma unit in Stoke.
"But I owe my life to an air ambulance after I crashed at a supermoto event a few years ago. That's why all the proceeds of the LlanBikeFest raffle are going to Wales Air Ambulance."
The Honda Ron Haslam Race School has donated prizes worth hundreds of pounds for the BikeFest raffle including a Premier Experience at Donnington Park circuit, with intensive tuition on a Honda CBR600RR.
The Llangollen Pavilion site has previously hosted successful bike shows – but LlanBikeFest 15 is being organised by a new team of local enthusiasts, with support from the Llangollen & District Motorcycle Club.
The show will be opened o August 1st by seven-times TT winner Mick Grant and Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty MBE, the most successful World Superbike racer of all time, with a beer-and-bands party on the Saturday night.
Book tickets and stands online at www.llanbikefest.co.uk or call 07960 693398.
