{"id":648613,"date":"2026-06-20T08:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/648613\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T08:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:21:09","slug":"cumbria-gears-up-for-final-hairy-biker-dave-day-tribute-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/648613\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumbria gears up for final Hairy Biker Dave Day tribute ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

A procession of up to 40,000 motorbikes is heading to Cumbria in memory of TV chef and Hairy Biker Dave Myers.<\/p>\n

It is the third and final Dave Day<\/a> celebration where riders make their way to Barrow, the hometown of the 66-year-old TV chef who died from cancer in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Authorities have warned roads following the route, which passes through London, Oxford, Solihull, Knutsford and Lancaster, would be busy, with several closures and diversions in place in Barrow on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Myers’ wife, Lili, who went to visit his childhood home<\/a> last week, said he was “always a Barrow lad at heart”, adding he “never lost his roots – it was where he got his sense of fairness”.<\/p>\n

Starting at the Ace Cafe, in London, at 07:00 BST, the bikers aim to reach Ulverston on Saturday at about 14:30, then through to Barrow via the A590.<\/p>\n

Several roads have been closed in Barrow, with Market Street car park being closed to all vehicles except for the bikes taking part in the procession, which is expected to arrive at about 15:30.<\/p>\n

Ulverston Town Council said there would be many places for spectators to watch along the A590, while Barrow Business Improvement District (BID) asked people to keep behind barriers and advised them to not high-five passing bikers.<\/p>\n

Barrow BID also warned there would likely be congestion around junction 36 of the M6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A procession of up to 40,000 motorbikes is heading to Cumbria in memory of TV chef and Hairy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-648613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}