A Falmouth man battling terminal cancer fought back tears after his children helped him fulfil a life-long dream of attending a meeting of the Berkeley T60 owners' rally - albeit the car owners came to him.

Tim Weston, of Chestnut Close, said: "My wish was always to take my car, a Berkeley T60, up to the Berkeley event, but they are always held way up country. I had bought myself a trailer and got myself a car big enough to take it, but then I got diagnosed with cancer in 2011.

"I thought I had got over that but then things started going wrong again and when I was in hospital I was told it was terminal. That is when I said to Anthony (his son) that I was not going to be able to do this (go to the Berkeley meeting).

It was then that Anthony stepped up to the challenge of arranging a special meeting of the owners' club and also invited other local classic car owners to join them.

On the Saturday two Berkeley T60 owners, Geoff Dabrowa and Barry Johns, drove 360 miles to join Mr Weston in Falmouth. They were also joined by Pete Tilling, who is currently restoring another Berkeley T60 at his home near Pool.

"On the Sunday, I was somewhat overwhelmed and very humbled to find no less than 25 local classic car owners had taken the time to bring their vehicles along for a road run around Falmouth," said Mr Weston. "It was like something you see on the TV. Even though I knew it was happening it was still a surprise to see so many people had turned up. I had tears in my eyes."

The group was also offered the free use of a Routemaster double decker bus which meant that Mr Weston's whole family were able to follow the cars on their run around the town.

"We were also delighted to receive donations of £130 for Cancer Research UK, which we thought was fantastic given the relatively spontaneous nature of the event," said Mr Weston. "I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank all who came along but especially my son, Anthony, for organising the event as well as Geoff Dabrowa and Barry Johns for making the journey here.

"There are no words to express my sincere gratitude to those people, or how much I enjoyed the day."

Mr Weston, 58, had initially been diagnosed with bladder cancer, but has now been told it has spread to his liver and pelvis. He says he is "doing alright" at the moment and added: "I intend to fight it as far as I can."