Blood, sweat and breastmilk - we carry on

First time on a liveried blood bike. This Tiger is called 'Mallet & Chisel'. I suspect a reference to the Masons who are very generous to the charity and hugely supportive.

September has been a pretty good month so far. I'll explain. I signed up to be a Blood Biker last year, which in case you don't know is a volunteer post in which you give up at least two nights a month to be on call to collect blood or tissue samples from a hospital to deliver to another hospital for an emergency situation. A serious accident, someone who needs blood or tissue examining so that they can get the right diagnosis and treatment asap - like immediately. Blood bikers honestly do save lives which is why we get out of a warm bed and shake ourselves down even though it's actually pretty tough to do so at the time. Hats off to all my colleagues and their families around the country who do so and who often hold down day jobs at the same time.

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