Paddy McGuinness in tears as he reaches Children In Need finish line in Glasgow

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Paddy McGuinness was in floods as tears as he reached the finish line of his epic 300-mile charity cycle from Wales to Scotland in aid of BBC Children in Need.The emotional former Top Gear host, 51, travelled from Wrexham in Wales to Glasgow on his beloved dream childhood bike - the Raleigh Chopper, which he has nicknamed Patch.This morning at 6.45am Paddy set off for the final 18.5 miles of his incredible cycling challenge from Strathaven to Scotland's biggest city after "pushing himself to the limit" with a gruelling training programme which was overseen by Sir Chris Hoy.

On Friday morning, Paddy made it to the finishing line of his epic Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge with Scots entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter at his side.

Sir Tom has pledged to double Paddy's £8 million in total raised for Children in Need.He said that Glasgow was “lit up in sunshine” as he approached the city on Friday morning, arriving at around 10.30am.Paddy cycled through Glasgow as crowds of people lined the streets and cheered him on, arriving at the BBC’s Pacific Quay, where he was welcomed by Zoe Ball who was presenting a live outside broadcast of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show in the foyer with a small audience of the public who’d received tickets to be there via a ballot.Among those waiting to see Paddy achieve his goal was singer Chesney Hawkes who performed his latest single, Get A Hold of Yourself in front of a live studio audience on Zoe’s show which aired as a special outside broadcast from Glasgow’s BBC headquarters foyer.Chesney said: “Paddy is amazing.

He is such an emotional guy. I’ve been watching him cry and be so emotional with it all.”Upon finishing the challenge, Paddy said: "Every morning when I woke up everything was aching and it