Paddy McGuinness heading to Lancaster on Children in Need cycle challenge

Actor, presenter and comic Paddy McGuinness is because of arrive in Lancaster on his biking problem for Youngsters in Want.

Paddy’s Extremely Endurance Cycle Problem is happening all this week as he pedals virtually 300 miles from Wrexham to Glasgow, on a customized Raleigh Chopper bike.

The route will take him by means of eight counties – Flintshire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire, aiming to complete on the morning of Friday November 15 on the BBC’s Pacific Quay constructing in Scotland.

After Day 1 of the problem, McGuinness had raised greater than £155,000.

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The Radio 2 presenter, who can also be identified for internet hosting Take Me Out and High Gear on TV, arrived in Preston final evening and can set off once more at this time (November 12) en path to Lancaster the place large crowds are anticipated to greet him.

He is because of cycle by way of Lytham St Annes and Blackpool first on Tuesday through the 68-mile leg from Preston to Kendal, so his actual time of arrival in Lancaster is not identified.

However you’ll be able to observe his progress and test the route, which can also be as a result of take him by way of Bolton-le-Sands and Carnforth, HERE.

Paddy’s deliberate route on the A6 by means of the Lancaster and Morecambe District on Tuesday could be seen beneath in blue.

You possibly can donate to Paddy’s problem for BBC Youngsters in Want right here.

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