A CAVALCADE of classic cars from all over the world visited the region as it made its way around the country.

About 65 vehicles of all shapes and sizes arrived in Stokesley Market Place on a journey recreating a part of British motoring history.

Cars from the past ten decades are taking part in the 1,000-Mile Trial, a two-week tour retracing the 1,000-Mile Trial of 1900, to celebrate the centenary of Vauxhall Motors.

Among many others, those taking part include a 1911 Prince Henry - the oldest car to drive the entire route - a 1932 Vauxhall Cadet, 1952 Velox E and 1963 Cresta PB.

Vauxhall chairman Kevin Wale said: "The original trial of 1900 was designed to prove that the car was the transport of the future."

Classic Vauxhall cars have been shipped from around the world for the event, with seven coming from the Vauxhall Owners' Club of Australia, three from Switzerland, six from Holland and two from Sweden and Denmark. The original trial of 1900 was the idea of Claude Johnson, secretary of the Automobile Club of Great Britain, and was designed to prove to a sceptical British public that the car was a reliable and practical mode of transport.

Many motoring historians argue that it was the most important demonstration of the motor vehicle to date.