The letter was delivered to Parliament by a small delegation and at 0800 the convoy set off through the streets to the ITN building. Like clockwork, the officers guided the riders safely, arriving well within the time limit set.

You see, the whole ride had to be precision timed as it had to be on the racetrack for a world record attempt later in the day and the timings were critical. Within 30 minutes we had left the BBC and were on our way north.The trip up the M1 was interesting. We got caught in a monster traffic jam and then decided to try for our first world record attempt whereby 262 bikes were in a continuous filtering manoeuvre as we passed stationary traffic.

Arriving at Leicester Forest East services, tea and a bacon role were laid on as part of the deal and the re-fuelling (also included in the entrance fee) went as smooth as silk.

At this point we were joined by Sergeant Wayne Riley of the Leicester Police (and BikeSafe) with a team of his motorcyclists to guided us the rest of the way into the circuit. I have to also thank the Highways Authority Traffic Officers who did a fantastic job o the motorway as we moved through their ground - thank you.

Arriving at Donnington Park, we carefully made our way through Coppice Tunnel and met up with hundreds of more motorcyclists who all then came out onto the track with us to attempt a new world record of 'the most different number of motorcycle makes in a single procession' (at least I think that is what the record is for).

We rode round for two laps, even though the Marshals tried to get us off after the first one, I think the sight of 14 police bikes bearing down on him (at 20mph) with lights and sirens made him decide to step aside, then moved off into the main Bike Fest UK arena where the Highways Agency were presented with the KillSpills award.

The Motorcycle Tasking Team (and BikeSafe-London) was very proud to be presented an award thanking us for our continued assistance in bringing the diesel spills message to the public. We were very happy to receive it and would like to thank the KillSpills Team for thinking about us.

And then it was all over. Just the ride home (in the rain), thinking about what we are going to do for next year. Stephen told me it may be his last year at the helm of the campaign, yeah right, I am waiting for the phone to ring any day now..............!