England legend Alan Shearer and TV presenter Adrian Chiles were joined by a special guest for a portion of their cross-country cycle ride - Wolves boss Mick McCarthy.
See also: Shearer and Chiles complete epic ride
He pedalled from Burton Upon Trent to Muckley Corner for a 19-mile stint, before taking a turn towards Wolverhampton for morning training.
Shearer and Chiles’ journey from Newcastle to London raised more than £370,000 and took in a total of 335 miles, including a stop at The Hawthorns yesterday.
Along the way, Shearer and Chiles faced gale-force winds and rain and a series of mishaps that saw both men take a tumble from their bikes at different times. They kept themselves going with a series of quiz questions and a diet of cheese and ham sandwiches and flapjack.
Finally, after cycling for a total of 26 hours, they pulled into Television Centre in Shepherds Bush yesterday having raised at least £371,065. In front of the TV cameras last night, the former Newcastle striker admitted it had been a tough 26 hours on the road. He said: “It was very difficult but we were always confident.
“I am cream-crackered now, I promise you. This is one of the hardest things I have ever done, we are on our last legs.
Adrian added: “The support has been fantastic and we had five riders with us and we couldn’t have done it without them. I’m weary to the very core of my being, but my backside is not feeling too bad.”
All the money will be spent helping vulnerable people in the UK and across the world.
While in West Bromwich, the pair entered past the Jeff Astle gates, as part of an impressive convoy totalling seven cyclists, four vans, a motorbike and a huge portable road sign weaving its way down the country.
In the early hours presenters Patrick Kielty and Claudia Winkleman announced a total of £19,640,321.
13 Comments
he will be on his bike soon boing boing
Damn.
When I saw the headline “Mick on his bike” I was half hoping he had finally seen sense & was heading out of Wolverhampton along the A41.
Is all this supposed to mean something, besides the fact that Shearer is doing some great charity work ? I have a signed photo from Shearer - a real gentleman of footie !!
All I ever see in my local book stores are books by Chiles - all about footie as usual and his love for West Brom !!! Is he a celeb or something ?
keep pedalling mick,please dont stop till you are far away from wolverhampton
one can dream mick on his bike riding towards holyhead ferry one ticket to ireland,but well done to
shearer and that boggie fan chiles good on ya lads.
5 TIPTON BORN AND BRED:
What part of Tipton & how old are you?
I was bought up in Bloomfield Terrace & I’m 50.
SEEMS LIKE MICK CAN’T DO ANYTHING GOOD AS FAR AS YOU BUNCH OF CRETINS ARE CONCERNED-IT WAS FOR CHARITY AND HAVN’T EVEN GOT THE DECENCY TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
Well said johnwolf.
Super Mick! Lets get behind them!
and Kightly still has to come back.
On your bike Mick!
Sounds good to me.
Kent Wolf, I thought the exact same thing.
Damnit/.
7)8)9)…Seems the friggin happy clapper have crawled out from the floorboards (aka micks arse)after ONE / UNO / EINS positive result.
Burnley were DIRE/ AWFUL/ INSERT NEGATIVE HERE/ and so a win against em means we’ve turned the corner ?
Please, you only serve to embarrass yourself coming out and backing the league’s frontrunner for Donkey of the year - a multitude of blunders and stubborness will surely secure him this coveted title.
MICK OUT !
kent wolf,i lived near tipton baths i went to park lane school and tipton green school,but im only 41 mate,you’ll probably know my older bro and sister and coming off bloomfield you should know the colemans.