Where did you spend your Christmas? Hopefully you were tucked up nice and warm at home with lots of presents and some good food, enjoying the company of your family. That wasn't the case for The Flying Crane, which was on duty 24 hours a day from 7:00pm on Christmas Eve right through to 7:00am on Wednesday 29th. Hospitals don't have holidays and people can get sick at any time, so we are on duty 365 days a year.

On Christmas Eve the bike had 4 calls. Christmas Day and Boxing Day were quiet with just 3 calls each, but on the bank holiday Monday it was really busy with 11 calls - although 3 were cancelled as our rider was just too busy. As you can imagine the hospitals were incredibly grateful for our help. Our riders were kept fed an warm with offers of tea, cakes and chocolates as they made their collections or deliveries.