I’ve always fancied myself on the back of a motorbike and I had an opportunity a few days ago. Unfortunately, it wasn’t moving at the time—I haven’t passed a motorcycle test. But, I was in Holyhead outside Ysbyty Penrhos Stanley on the back of a wonderful motorbike called Elsa II, to draw attention to the launch of the new blood bike service in north-west Wales. For those of you who don’t know, Blood Bikes Wales is a charity that has, for many years, offered a very valuable delivery service for the NHS across Wales. But there was one part of the jigsaw missing: the north-west of Wales was the only part of the country where this service was not available. Blood Bikes Wales is a group of volunteer bikers and they raise the funds needed to run the service. They will carry all sorts of products between hospitals, from blood and plasma to samples or medical documents, and they do so as a matter of urgency and free of charge. They save a fortune to the NHS, which would otherwise, outside the hours of its transportation staff, have to employ taxis or other couriers to provide this very service, or they may even have to use the police or ambulance services.

Felly, ar ran pobl Ynys Môn a gogledd-orllewin Cymru, a gaf fi ddiolch i’r beicwyr brwdfrydig am sicrhau y gallwn ni hefyd bellach, fel gweddill y wlad, elwa o’u caredigrwydd?