FANCY dress for parties is one thing, but have you tried riding your bike in a festive costume too?

That's what members of the Warrington-based North Cheshire Clarion Cycling Club riders got up to leading into the Christmas celebrations.

A plethora of the club's riders embraced the Christmas spirit, with more than 60 riders taking to Cheshire lanes one foggy morning with bikes bedecked with lights, tinsel and baubles.

The riders themselves took the form of Mr and Mrs Claus, reindeer, elves and there was even the Christmas tree fairy!