TV DUO REVVVING UP FOR A VISIT TO GRIMSBY

Food and motorbikes - TV duo Si King (left)  and Dave Myers

TV cookery duo The Hairy Bikers will be riding into Grimsby in autumn next year.

                                 
As part of a 38-date UK tour, they are set to appear at the auditorium on November 19.

The show is sub-titled: An Evening of Food, Frolics and Tales from A Life on The Road.

Since 2004, Dave Myers (62) and Simon 'Si' King (53)have presented several much-repeated series, combing cooking with travelogue format - a formula also used by other TV chefs.

What makes it unorthodox is the mode of travel - they ride  on their own powerful motor cycles.

Their profile has been further raised by the books published to accompany the series.

Dave hails from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancs, while Si is from Kibblesworth in County Durham.

They have known each others since 1992, having met through their work in TV production - specifically a drama called The Gambling Man.

Their tour begins in the Isle of Man on September 29 and ends in Folkestone on November 29.

It is not known if they will be travelling from destination to destination by motorbike or by something less powerful but more comfortable.