Paddy McGuinness breaks down as he finishes Children In Need challenge with huge sum of money raised

Radio presenter Paddy McGuinness was flooded with emotion yet finished the Children successful Need Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge

Paddy McGuinness broke down successful tears arsenic helium finished the Children In Need motorcycle circular with an affectional pinnacle today.

The Bolton star has been pushing himself to the limit, embarking connected a gruelling Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge, pedalling an unthinkable 300 miles from Wrexham AFC to Glasgow connected a Raleigh Chopper. When gearing up for this monumental task, Paddy sought proposal from cycling royalty Sir Chris Hoy, who enactment him done a rigorous grooming regime.

Paddy has present arrived astatine BBC Scotland office successful Glasgow pursuing his foundation rhythm thrust from Wales to Scotland for BBC Children In Need.

He said that Glasgow was “lit up successful sunshine” arsenic helium approached the metropolis connected Friday morning, arriving astatine Pacific Quay astatine astir 10.30am.

The Top Gear presenter began his travel connected Monday astatine Wrexham AFC’s Racecourse Ground and undertook the 300 miles of Radio 2’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge connected his imagination puerility bike, the Raleigh Chopper. So acold £7,556,853 has been raised for Children In Need.

Upon finishing the epic challenge, Paddy said: "Every greeting erstwhile I woke up everything was aching and it was ever acheronian and acold but I've been saying it for the past fewer days, erstwhile you get connected the bike, and you get connected the roadworthy and everyone comes retired it conscionable spurs you on.

"Even though we're filming worldly and putting things connected societal media; until you're really successful that moment, I volition ne'er beryllium capable to get it crossed afloat what it felt like.

"All the antithetic sounds, each the cities, each the communities. Everyone came retired and everyone were unneurotic for something. And each those faces, each the kids, each the nurseries, each the superior schools, each drafting pictures of Patch - nary of them had a hint who I were - but it was conscionable truthful beauteous to spot and the streets were lined with people.

"Honestly it's a infinitesimal successful clip I'll instrumentality with maine to my grave. I'll ne'er ever hide it. It's been amazing."

This greeting astatine 6.45am Paddy acceptable disconnected for the last 18.5 miles of his unthinkable cycling challenge, completing astir 300 miles from Wrexham to Glasgow crossed 5 days, done Wales, England and Scotland.... each connected a small Raleigh Chopper which he’s nicknamed Patch. The full astatine 6.50am this greeting was £6,577,494.

Paddy spoke to Zoe Ball astatine 6.45am connected BBC Radio 2 and said: "As accustomed astatine this clip of the morning, everything is sore, everything is aching but again I've conscionable rocked up present wherever I'm going to acceptable off, it's dark, it's a small spot drizzly, and radical are already present to privation maine good truthful you can't beryllium successful a affirmative caput astir that.

"I came into Strathaven past night, it took maine backmost to the 80s erstwhile Liverpool utilized to bash an unfastened apical autobus parade erstwhile they won the FA Cup, it's similar that. Honestly, it was unbelievable, it was mind-blowing. I effort and spell circular and precocious 5 everyone. They're similar - you've done it, we're each down you. It conscionable pushes you for that past small bit."

On his emotions, helium said: "I don't cognize however one volition feel, however one volition react. I cognize 1 happening - I've done immoderate crying this past fewer days - flipping heck Zoe! I've been crying my eyes out."

On Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 meal amusement connected Thursday (November 13), Paddy was visibly touched erstwhile helium recovered retired helium had surpassed the £1m people successful donations, pausing amidst the pugnacious Cumbrian landscape. As Zoe revealed the staggering full of £1,000,277 raised truthful far, an affectional Paddy expressed his gratitude: "Thank you truthful much, convey you truthful overmuch everyone," helium managed to accidental done tears.

Overwhelmed by the achievement, helium added: "Oh god, I can't judge we've got to a million, I can't judge it," earlier sharing the unthinkable quality with those astir him: "We're implicit a cardinal pounds everyone! ". Fans person been lavishing praise connected his titanic efforts, with 1 admirer commenting: "@mcguinness.paddy you are doing fantastic and I've conscionable donated. Keep smashing it mucker you person the enactment of the state down you."

As dawn broke successful Kendal, Paddy McGuinness acceptable disconnected connected the astir challenging conception yet: a gruelling 66-mile motorcycle thrust implicit 12 hours, taking him beyond the England-Scotland borderline towards Ecclefechan. By sunset, he'll person tallied good implicit 200 miles, a monumental feat.

Dragging himself done the arduous journey, an utterly spent Paddy revealed his feelings to Zoe Ball: "I'm wholly broken, dejected and finished today, and it's the happiest I've ever been! And I truly mean that due to the fact that radical powerfulness is the champion tonic ever."

This year’s Radio 2 situation was 3 times arsenic agelong arsenic Vernon Kay’ s ultra, ultra, marathon past year, which raised an astonishing £6million for the BBC charity. It each got precise affectional for chap Boltonian Vernon, and Paddy warned america helium would besides spell the aforesaid way. “Trust me, I'm successful tears each time erstwhile I'm grooming connected that bike,” helium told the Mirror.

“I deliberation genuinely, arsenic you get older, you conscionable go much emotional. I get weepy successful the grooming connected my own, I don't request anyone to adhd to that. It won't instrumentality overmuch acceptable maine off.” The way crossed Wales, England and Scotland took him from the commencement enactment successful Wrexham done six counties to the decorativeness successful Glasgow this morning.

Radio 2 presenter Paddy McGuinness completed BBC Radio 2’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge for BBC Children successful Need – donate astatine www.bbc.co.uk/paddy. Watch the TV documentary of his full challenge, Paddy: The Ride Of My Life, connected Tuesday 19th November astatine 8pm connected BBC ONE and perceive him work the CBeebies Bedtime Story astatine 6.50pm connected Friday 15th November connected CBeebies and BBC iPlayer.

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