A 99-YEAR-OLD woman joined a gang of bikers and hopped on the back of a Harley Davidson tricycle to mark her impending birthday.
Thrill-seeking Helen Kennedy took part in a motorcycle cavalcade featuring a number of retro bikes.
She will celebrate her centenary on December 31, but was given the opportunity to ride as part of the 100-strong group.
Ms Kennedy said: “I’ve always really loved motorbikes. , so to get on the back of one was just a dream. I wasn’t really sure what to do, where to hold on to or where to put my hands, It was just so exciting.“I’ve never really done anything like that before and I had to thank all of the bikers afterwards for keeping me safe.”
Ms Kennedy, a resident at the Camilla House, Edinburgh, described the ride as a “dream”.
The convoy left from the seafront in South Queensferry, proceeded through the town, and over the new Queensferry Crossing.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel