More than 100 motorcyclists took to the roads for a charity bike ride to support the bereaved families of servicemen.

The Yeovil Riders bike group managed to raise around £765 for the Lee Rigby Foundation by riding 200 miles across the south west.

The entourage started at Yeovil, rode down to Exeter and into Dartmoor National Park before heading back to Exeter and then onto West Bay for the finish.

Stuart Wren, who helped organise the event along with others, said that it was a fantastic trip.

He said: “On the day it was absolutely brilliant. We could not have asked for better weather, because the days leading up to it were absolutely horrible.”

He added: “There was some bad weather but it did not seem to put a damper on spirits and when we got to West Bay we were given a nice cup of tea.”

Mr Wren did not expect to raise the amount they did for the foundation, which was set up by Lyn Rigby after the death of her son Lee Rigby in a terrorist incident in London in 2013.

Mrs Rigby is currently setting up a retreat in Staffordshire for bereaved families of servicemen so as to give them room to grieve for lost loved ones.

Mr Wren said: “We were not expecting to raise quite so much. We were hoping to get the £500 mark.”

There was a bit of a scare when one of the riders was reportedly hit by a trailer which had detached from a car while the rider was stationary with his bike by the side of the road in Exeter. 

Mr Wren said that “he was up and walking and said he was fine” but added that he had cracked a couple of ribs and had to be taken to hospital. 

Besides this incident, the ride was enjoyed by all.

Mr Wren said: “A lot of people said it was the best ride and they were impressed how we got that many bikes through Exeter.”

Mr Wren went with fellow rider Michael Birch to present the funds raised to Lyn Rigby at the retreat on Sunday, September 24.

He said: “It was quite humbling to see the amount of work people have put in. A lot of the work that’s gone on there has been done by volunteers.”