Sunny weather for this year's Retro Rendezvous in Ulverston

The two events, which Velo Retro organiser Alan Brenton calls 'sister festivals', celebrate cars and motorbikes from past eras and brings together the vintage cycling community from across the UK and even abroad.

Ayda McRoberts-Hollingworth with her grandad Peter McRoberts enjoying the vintage bike on the back of a hot rod (Image: Christopher Warner)

Motorbike and vintage car displays delighted crowds on Saturday, and the classic bicycles on Sunday.

 Ulverston's cultural calendar, which also includes Another Fine Fest, the Lantern Parade and the Dickensian Festival, gave the town the label 'the UK's party capital' by the national media. 

A member of the St Andrew's Pipe Band (Image: Christopher Warner)

Neil Fleming, the organiser of Retro Rendezvous, said: "It's been ideal.

"It makes such a difference.

"You can see lots of happy people with pints in their hands and showing off their cars we've had a number of stall holders that have already left at half past three because they've sold out." 

The cars on display on Market Street in Ulverston (Image: Christopher Warner)

The Sun Inn was the focal point of the festival, with its beer garden providing the space for 12 hours of music over the weekend.

Market Street and New Market Street were closed to traffic to allow space for traders and for the vintage displays. 

Velo Retro Bike Riders, Cath and Ben Gothard, Alan King, Darren Mills, Bob Johnson and PJ of Cicli Artiganali Cycling Club (Image: Christopher Warner)

Michael Hunting, from the Welsh border town of Presteigne in Radnorshire, won 1st place in 'Special Interest Machines' for his rare 1968 Harry Quinn trike. 

Visitors came from far and wide to Ulverston last weekend. Pictured: Graham Hawkes and Ian Faulkner at the Laurel and Hardy statue (Image: Christopher Warner)

He said: "It's very unusual, they made very few trikes.

"This is the only one I've ever seen and nobody else has ever seen one either."

When asked why he thought the company made the trike, which still uses a standard bike frame and tyres, he said: "It's just something different."

Michael Hunting with his rare Harry Quinn trike (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

Stewart Hobbs and Stewart Alexander, who are both from the area, brought a 1986 Honda CBR 400 and a 1976 Suzuki GT750 respectively.

The St Andrews pipe band performing, with vintage cars in the background (Image: Christopher Warner)

Stewart, with the Suzuki, said: "It's been really busy, I've been quite impressed with the amount of people it's brought in - the weather helps." 

Stewart Hobbs and Stewart Alexander with their bikes (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

The other Stewart said: "It seems a really popular event that's drawn people here, I was speaking to somebody earlier from Oswaldtwistle, somebody from Leeds, people are coming from all over the place." 

The mural behind the outside bar at the Sun Inn, which was the focal point of the festivities (Image: Christopher Warner)

According to Alan, preparations for next year's event will start within two weeks of the end of this one.

"People book their accommodation a year ahead for it otherwise they're just not getting it," he said.