A procession of 200 motorcycles accompanied the hearse of Superbike rider Chrissy Rouse ahead of a poignant and emotional funeral service.
Mourners watched on as the motorbikes, some of which were driven by friends and colleagues of Chrissy, arrived at Emmanuel College in Gateshead on Friday, the 26-year-old's former school.
The bikes were lined up in rows in the school car park just before 11am as Chrissy's coffin was taken into the sports hall to begin the service. Chrissy, from Burnopfield, County Durham, died on October 6, after being involved in a crash while racing at Donnington Park days earlier.
