Bikers from far and wide have ridden into Lincolnshire to put a smile on the face of a severely disabled little boy.
After noticing eight-year-old Mikey Hall's delight at seeing motorbikes one day at Willingham Woods, Market Rasen, his mum Lorena Hall (31) wondered if she could ask the biking fraternity to do something specially for her son.
He has cerebral palsy, a rare genetic disorder called Soto syndrome affecting growth and causing severe learning difficulties, curvature of the spine, epilepsy, is hearing and vision impaired, and has problems swallowing food.
Mikey, who goes to Queen's Park School, South Park, Lincoln, is also not expected to live to adulthood.
Mrs Hall, who is studying animal management and welfare, told Mikey's story on the Internet forum
And abut 30 bikers responded by travelling to meet Mikey at Willingham Woods on Sunday and raised cash for St Andrew's Children's Hospice in Grimsby, which he attends.
Mrs Hall, who lives in Boultham, Lincoln, said Mikey is a real fighter.
"When he was born he was not expected to live for the first 24 hours but he proved everyone wrong," she said.
"He has complex health issues, is disabled and is not expected to live to adulthood but he keeps fighting in his own way.
"He has a smile to brighten anyone's day and his determination certainly humbles me.
"It was really good of the bikers to come out for Mikey."
Bikers came far and wide to put a smile on Mikey's face.
Ride-out organiser Jo Griffiths (29) said: "I've come from Milton Keynes and others have come from Manchester, Oxford and all over from about a 100-mile radius,"
"We have collected £255 for the hospice Mikey attends which should buy some toys and games or whatever else is needed."
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