The talented eight-year-old kept up pace with the pack on the 25-mile course across the district on Sunday and raised £150 for the Pontefract hospice.

Her proud dad Craig Wilson, 35, of Springfields, Knottingley, said: "I cycle quite a bit so she's just picked it up from me.

"She's been mountain biking since she was about five but it's only in the past year that she's started road cycling. I wanted to wait until she was bit older, because of things like traffic.

"She rides horses as well so her legs are quite stong and the first time we went out on the roads, she cycled 12 miles.

"I take part in the Prince of Wales hospice ride every year and this year Morgan said she wanted to do it too.

"So we did the 25-mile course, although it was more like 30 miles, according to my computer.

"She did really well and was chuffed to bits afterwards."

Mr Wilson said the Morgan, a pupil at Knottingley Church of England Junior and Infant School, wants to be a professional cyclist when she is older.

He said: "She absolutely loves it. She sits with me every Sunday to watch the cycle races. We go every year watch the Tour of Britain and hopefully one year we'll be able to France to watch the Tour de France."