POLICE estimated 20,000 bikers arrived in Barrow on Saturday for Dave Day.

After Dave Myers lost his battle with cancer in February, friends, family and fans thought of ways to pay tribute to the Hairy Biker.

His close friend Jason 'Woody' Woodcock organised the ride based on his experience of organising charity ride-alongs.

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He couldn't have envisioned however just how many would join the convoy. 

Si King said more than 45,000 bikers had attended but Cumbria Police said the number was 20,000.

The fellow Hairy Biker led the contingent from the Ace Cafe in London at 7am. 

Meanwhile, bikers that didn't join arrived at Barrow early such as a group of bikers who had ridden four hours from Northumberland at around 1.30pm

They said: "We're here because we're big Dave fans but Si says he's from Washington, and he's not, he's from Kibblesworth like us! "

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(Image: Newsquest) A biking couple that pulled up close to Barrow town hall around the same time were Michelle and Gary, from Penrith, with Hawaiian shirts over their biker leathers

Gary said: "Dave inspired us to move to Cumbria.

"We're originally from Farnborough, Hampshire, and a few years ago we were watching the Hairy Bikers and Dave inspired us to sell our house and move to Cumbria, and we haven't looked back since."

As 4pm arrived, the back of the town hall quickly filled up with thousands of bikes and the event became somewhat of a social meet-up. 

(Image: Newsquest) Campbell, Carol and Bill, all originally from Newcastle, were friends who hadn't seen each other for years. 

Carol said: "We'd been down to Burton Services with the convoy and the roads in were just packed with people on bridges - it was amazing.

"When we got to the edge of Barrow, the crowds were two and three people deep. People were trying to high-five us - we felt like Royalty."

After Si and Lili Myers gave their emotional speeches, some bikers left to get ahead of the traffic whilst some went on to the Dave Day concert.

(Image: Newsquest) Two bikers who attended were Craig and Trish from Newark who had ridden all the way from London services with the contingent for 11 hours.

Craig said: "We came straight here as we had a little trouble keeping up with the convoy but it was fantastic."

Trish added: "You knew you were going the right way when you saw all the people. Coming into the A590, we felt like celebrities. 

"My hand was actually aching waving to everyone - I felt like the Queen

"Dave was such a great, funny guy, he did so much for charity. Lili said that he could never have imagined all of this but that's the sort of person he was - humble ."