Welcome to the 'Ride to the Wall' website.

When I first planted the seed of an idea of some form of motorcycle specific memorial ride back in 2008, I never in my wildest dreams thought that there would be such a huge & unprecedented response to an event that has now become firmly established in the motorcycling calendar, the Ride to the Wall.

This annual ride brings motorcyclists from near & far together to attend a memorial service at the National Memorial Arboretum on the first Saturday in October, in order to remember those who can no longer ride by our sides.

Since that first ride in 2008, with your support we have managed to raise almost £100,000 for the NMA through this event. The money you have so kindly donated goes towards the upkeep of the stunningly beautiful & peaceful arboretum, which his home to the largest memorial outside of the capital, the Armed Forces Memorial wall.

I am and will always be, very humbled and grateful for your support in making this happen.

The event has also highlighted the immense generosity and kindness of the wider motorcycling community, and goes a long way to breaking down barriers between those who ride and those who cannot understand why we do so.

The amount raised in the 2010 event was just over £52,000, and on the 31st march 2011 we were honoured to be able to present this to the Duke of Kent on a sunny day at the foot of the steps of the Armed Forces Memorial. His Royal Highness asked that we extend his thank you to all of the participants of the event, and I wholeheartedly echo this sentiment.

RTTW 2011 will see a whole new format to the event; something which we hope will take into account some of your feedback comments, and provide an extra dimension to the whole event, and you can read all about this elsewhere on the new web pages.

In closing, I'd like to once again say a huge thank you for all your support and I once again look forward to meeting some of you on 1st October 2011 at this year's event.

Martin Dickinson
Founder