Radio 1 star Greg James is on an epic cycle ride for Comic Relief – and he’ll be in North Yorkshire this week.
Greg began what he described as his “ludicrous challenge” – cycling 1,000km (630 miles) across the UK on a tandem – on Friday.
He’s due in York and North Yorkshire tomorrow (Tuesday, 17 March).
He is spending at least eight hours a day riding the tandem, largely on his own.
But he’s being joined on the way by other presenters, as well as some special guests.
Day five of the challenge – tomorrow – runs from Worksop to York.
The route brings him through Great Heck, Burn, Brayton, Selby, Bubwith, Ellerton, Melbourne, Elvington and arriving at Heslington, York. at the end of the leg.
He was last in York at the university unveiling the statue to the legendary tall duck Long Boi.
Then on Wednesday, he cycles through York, via the inner ring road and Wigginton Road then heading north on the B1363 via Sutton-on-the-Forest and Stillington, up to Helmsley and through the North York Moors National Park.
He ends day six in Sunderland, and the entire journey in Edinburgh on Friday.
The route. Maps: Bing / BBC
Greg said: “A little bit of pain is worth the overall goal of raising loads of money for Comic Relief.”
You can follow his progress and donate to Comic Relief here.
This is his third challenge for Comic Relief, after previously proclaiming he would never do one again.
In 2016, he completed five triathlons in five days, and in 2018, he carried out Pedal To The Peaks, in which he cycled between and climbed Scafell Pike, Snowdon, and Ben Nevis.
Photograph: Ben Whitley / PA wire