On April 27th, The Flying Crane starred at the opening of the new Sainsbury’s store in Odd Down in Bath. Because the staff at the store chose Freewheelers as their charity of the year, members of Freewheelers were invited to the opening, and The Flying Crane made a guest appearance as well.

Jason rode the bike to the store and parked it in the brand new shop foyer, with Freewheelers banner stands to each side. The banner stands and the bike can be seen in some photos from the day in our photo gallery.

The Flying Crane attracted a lot of attention, and drew many shoppers to come over and talk to us about the bike and about the work it (and we!) do. Some children who had come shopping with their mothers had an unexpected treat as they could sit on the bike and have photos taken by their parents on camera phones. Not only children, but some grown-ups enjoyed the opportunity to sit on a marked up bike – as you can see on the photo page.

Had The Flying Crane not been in the foyer we would not have been able to speak to so many people about our work. So not only does The Flying Crane do fantastic work when on runs, it even acts as a very valuable member of the team when parked.

The shoppers that noticed the name on the bike and the legend on the rear bodywork were all very impressed with the outstanding contribution that All Hallows School made in raising money for the bike.