The second day of August saw the second Bikers4Life Ride Out in aid of Cancer and Leukemia treatment at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.

Over 110 bikes turned up on a dull morning after a night of torrential rain across the country. Nevertheless, folks turned out in force at Bikeworld and the rideout was underway.

Laragh was the first stop for fuel for both Bike and Body. From there it was on to Beaumont but not before a spectacular trip through Dublin's port tunnel.

After a warm reception from hospital staff it was on to our final destination and party in Cavan.

And so the really important bit.... you have helped us raise in excess (final figure to come) of €12,000.

We would like thank absolutely everbody who took part in the event and helped to make it such a success. It simply would not happen without your support. A big thanks to all sponsors of the event also.

Check out the video of us arriving at Beaumont Hospital

We are very happy to annouce that the kind folks at Rapid Recovery will be providing transport for bags, tents etc from our meeting location to the Lakeside Manor in Virginia. This means that nobody will have to carry excess luggage with them on the ride out.

We would like to take this opportunity thanks Same and the lads at Rapid Motorcycle Recovery. Cheers Lads!

See you all on the 2nd!!

Video courtesy of Dyna Mike!

In order to make it easier for people to get their remaing sponsorship to Bikers4Life so that we can get a total for Beaumont we have opened a desposit account which people can use to lodge their sponsorship money to.

The details are as follows:

We would like to thank all those that supported and took part in the inaugural Bikers4Life Ride-Out in aid of Beaumont Hospital. The Day was a massive success with over 90 bikes taking part and in excess of €9000!!

A great day out was had by all and the party went on long into the early hours of the morning.

Once again a massive thank you to all who took part and to our kind sponsors.

Okay I have finally got it together to at least start this section of the story, I am just going to keep telling it and see where we get to, this part of the story is very long and parts of it are very fuzzy in my mind so I may need to talk to people who were around at the time for more details. I slept a whole lot of the time at this stage as my body was simply drained.

Just to explain a point that people might be confused about.

There are a few ways you can help us raise money for this great cause.

1) Donate money by Paypal on line

2) Sign up to participate on the rideout €20 per rider €10 per pillion passenger.

(all people who register for ride-out will receive a sponsorship card)

3) Request a sponsorship card and get sponsorhip*****

**** Participants who get in excess of €40 sponsorship will not be required to pay the €20/€10 ride-out fee.

 This is all about raising money for Beaumont Hospital

So with the treatment having started I was already starting to feel the effects and it was not long before I was put into isolation to prevent me from getting infections. At the time I was quite happy about this because I was tired all the time and a private room would be quieter. I also didn't like the idea of getting an infection. Despite all the best efforts it appeared I already had a chest infection however. I was subject to a daily chest X-Ray to keep an eye on this.

So now that I had been diagnosed and the got the initial shock of the fact that I had Leukemia I was more or less ready to start fighting it. I was keen to get started with the treatment and get on with things. To be honest if I knew what the next few weeks and months were going to be like I wouldn't have been so enthusiastic.

The Doctors explained to me that I was going to be treated with Chemotherapy and an relatively new drug called Atra which had a fantastic success rate in treating my type of Leukemia.

Well guys and gals I'd firstly like to introduce myself. My name is Darragh Verschoyle, I am 22 years old at the moment. I have many hobbies which I will get into with you all over time but mostly I enjoy Music, Basketball, Technology, Web Design, Motorcycles and Gaming. I am involved in the running of my family business which is Internet Café's.