Thousands of motorcyclists are travelling from the satellite celebrated Ace Cafe successful London to Cumbria to observe the beingness of the precocious Hairy Biker Dave Myers.
The Ace Cafe connected London's North Circular Road is the legendry destination for motorcyclists and different petrol heads who observe each things automotive.
Thousands of bikers met up contiguous astatine 7am to thrust of Barrow-in-Furness successful Cumbria arsenic portion of 'Dave Day' to observe the beingness of the personage cook and motorcyle enthusiast Dave Myers.
Among those astatine the Ace Cafe this greeting was Dave's long-time TV spouse Si King.
Dave died successful February aged 66 of cancer.
Hairy Biker Si King, pictured, who is taking portion successful Dave Day, a memorial motorcycle thrust for his precocious Hairy Biker co-star Dave Myers, praised the motorcycling assemblage for their support
Some 20,000 motorcyclists are expected to instrumentality portion successful the thrust from London to Barrow-in-Furness
Hundreds of bikers met up astatine the Ace Cafe successful Stonebridge Park successful northbound westbound London astatine 7am
The bikers are stopping astatine the Welcome Break work presumption connected the M40 astatine 9am.
From there, they are going to the National Motorcycle Museum astatine 10.45 successful Birmingham. After that, the motorcyclists volition halt astatine the Moto Services successful Knutsford astatine 12.30pm.
The penultimate halt volition beryllium astatine the Moto Services successful Burton-in-Kendal earlier arriving successful Barrow-in-Furness astatine 4pm.
On the route, the bikers volition prime up Dave's widow Lili, who helium met during the archetypal bid of the Hairy Bikers successful Transylvania.
Speaking to BBC News, Si King said galore of those taking portion connected today's lawsuit paid homage to Dave's sartorial elegance... 'dodgy shirts'.
'It's a solemnisation of my champion person who I've lost. It is precise emotional. You ne'er cognize however these things are going to interaction you. It is simply a solemnisation of Dave's life, that's wherefore we are here. He was truthful irritatingly affirmative each of the time.
Dave Myers, pictured near with his champion person and chap Hairy Biker Si King, died of crab successful February
The motorcycle convoy volition prime up Dave's woman Lili, pictured left, who helium met portion filming the archetypal bid of his TV cookery and question amusement portion they were filming successful Transylvania
'We emotion him and that's wherefore we are here.'
Si said helium wanted to convey the radical of Barrow successful Furness, including the section assembly and constabulary who are helping with the event.
The lawsuit is raising wealth for the institute of crab and the NSPCC.
Si described crab arsenic 'a ruthless illness that doesn't attraction who it takes'.
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