AROUND 4,000 flocked to Ulverston for a weekend of all things vintage during the third Retro Rendezvous.

The town was filled with classic motorcycles, cars, bikes and crowds were entertained by a host of musical acts.

Chair of the Retro Rendezvous Partnership, David Wood, said that this year was 'bigger and better' than ever.

"We had more cars, a wider range of entertainment," he said. "It was lovely. Ulverston is a great town for festivals."

The festival kicked off with a gig on Friday night at the Coronation Hall by the Downtown Daddyos.

An outside stage provided the main entertainment, with a range of different artists, including Pete's Record Hop, the Prophets, Fuse, Mark Cumberland as Elvis, and the Blue Heaven Jump Band.

There were displays around the town of classic motorcycles, cars and cycles, with their owners dressed in period costume.

In the Coronation Hall, the vintage market was deemed a huge success and there was a vintage tea room, retro beauty salon and a tribute stall covering the history of the NHS.

Saturday evening included The Bluegrass Project on at DC Cycles shop and the film on Beryl Burton, a Race for Life was on at the Hope and Anchor Pub, followed by music from Arcade.

The early hours of the morning saw the return of the Mighty Corinthians who had set out 21 hours earlier to take part in the UK's longest classic cycle race organised by Velo Retro, Ulverston's locally based cycling events organisers.

The ride took in 301 kilometres around Cumbria in testing terrain and conditions.

At the Roxy Cinema and Laurel and Hardy Museum the main event on Saturday evening was cocktails and classic film night, where the film was the original Cabaret.

On Sunday, the sun shone and classic cycle events went off in force, led by Paul Rose of BBC2 on his penny farthing and the classic British motorbikes leading each batch of riders in an initial ride round town before they went on their way round the Loafeur or L'Ancienne routes.

Mr Wood said that the weekend was a great example of a community coming together to enjoy themselves.

"We live in communities and we might as well try to be happy and have a good time," he said. "There's a lot wrong in the world so let's make our communities as decent and as good places to live as we can. Ulverston is perfect for that."