THE centre of Colwyn Bay was filled with more than 100 bikers at the end of the Eddie Kidd Fights Back ride.

The bikers had covered the 140 miles from Llandovery in Sunday’s sunshine to raise funds for the former stunt rider’s continuing therapy. He had suffered massive injuries in an accident in 1996 which left him paralysed, and suffering brain damage.

Eddie led the bikers from Llandovery on his specially adapted tricycle, but as they approached Colwyn Bay they were met by cllr Neil Bastow, the town’s deputy mayor, who is also a keen motorcyclist. He guided the team on his Kawasaki ZX9R into Station Road, where they were welcomed by cheering crowds and the Mayor cllr Steve Williams.

Neil said: “It was an honour to meet Eddie and his supports and to have them follow me into Colwyn Bay. The ride was a huge success, and Eddie told me they had a warm reception in every town and village they passed through on the way.

“Eddie is a lovely man, a very personable bloke. I hope this will become an annual event and if so I’m sure it will grow and grow.”

Eddie, aged 59, was injured in a stunt which went wrong at Long Marston Airfield near Stratford-upon-Avon in 1996. He had previously worked as a stunt double in a number of films including for Timothy Dalton in the Bond movie The Living Daylights, and for Pierce Brosnan in Golden Eye. In other stunts he jumped a 120 feet railway cutting at 90 miles per hour and in another he jumped over the Great Wall of China.