In December, Geoff Brown from Severn Freewheelers and Mel Rowbottom from Freewheelers EVS were the stars of Emergency Bikers, a TV series on Channel Five. The programme featured Mel picking up equipment from the maternity hospital in Bristol, before heading north to meet up with Geoff who was bringing pathology samples down the M5 from Gloucestershire for delivery to Frenchay Hospital.

One outcome of the programme was a massive jump of interest in blood bikes. Each NABB member charity received several enquiries - over 100 in the first weekend - from prospective volunteers or people interested in starting a new group. If you want to know more about blood bikes in the UK, then please get in touch. 

You can watch the whole episode on Channel Five's Demand Five catchup service - our bit is 30 minutes into the programme.