A SHOP selling electric bikes in Poundbury welcomed a royal visitor.

On his latest trip to Poundbury Prince Charles popped along to Cyclelife Electric Wessex in Bridport Road to speak about their range of electric bikes and accessories. The store has only been open three months and is Raleigh UK’s first exclusively electric bike shop.

Owner Peter Claxton said he was taken aback by the surprise visit and enjoyed meeting the prince.

He said: “When the door opened I thought: ‘I recognise that face’ and it took half a second for the penny to drop. Even though Prince Charles has some property here and is in the town from time to time I was still quite surprised that he popped by.

“We spoke for some time about the benefits of electric bikes and the ranges of the different Raleigh and Haibike models we stock.

“I was desperately trying to get him to have a go but the weather was too bad to head out.”