Children in Need - Rickshaw Challenge to travel from Holyhead to London, England

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Children in Need Rickshaw Challenge to travel from Holyhead to London The Bangor Aye

BBC’s Children in Need Rickshaw Challenge is back with a new route, a new team, and a newly modified rickshaw.

The annual challenge, which is now in its ninth year, will see a team of six young people and The One Show’s Matt Baker will take on an eight day challenge to cycle 400 miles from Holyhead to London. This year’s route will see the team ride to Flash, the highest village in the UK, and tackle the steepest street in the world in Harlech, Wales.

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Last year, a new custom rickshaw was built by a team of engineers at the McLaren Technology Centre to make the rickshaw accessible to a wider range of riders. An innovative seat-post system allowed team members with a range of mobilities to join the team.

This year, McLaren has gone one step further and created an innovative solution that enables visually impaired and blind riders to take part in the challenge. A recumbent guide-trike, which fixes to the front of the Rickshaw allows steering and braking to be managed by a guide rider whilst a visually impaired rider pedals from the main driving seat of the Rickshaw.

You can support Children in Need by raising money with your own cycling challenge. Get on your bike, track your miles and ask for donations. It’s up to you whether you ride 400 miles across the UK or ride 5 miles on a static bike.

https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/fundraising/ride-with-the-rickshaw/

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Rickshaw challenge comes to Shropshire and mid Wales shropshirestar.com

Riders on the Pedal for Pudsey Children in Need Challenge are this year taking on a challenging, 400-mile route from Holyhead to London.

While the seven strong team, led by The One Show's Matt Baker, will be avoiding the A5, Thomas Telford's original London to Holyhead Road, they will be overnighting in Oswestry on November 10.

Starting on Friday, November 8 in Holyhead, the group and a new, modified rickshaw will travel from Anglesey to Portmeirion then on the Saturday go down the Welsh coast to Machynlleth, calling at Harlech to tackle the UK's steepest street.

The Sunday will take in villages through mid Wales including Llanerfyl, Meifod and Llansantffraid before crossing the Shropshire border at Llanymynech and into Oswestry.

On the Monday morning the team will pedal from Oswestry to Gobowen and St Martins before crossing the Welsh border to Overton and onto Bangor-on-Dee and Malpas.

After a tough section in the Peak District the team hopes to reach the finish line at BBC Elstree Studios on Friday 15 November during the BBC Children in Need Appeal Show.

This year's ricksaw has been adapted to enable visually impaired and blind riders to take part in the challenge. A recumbent guide-trike, which fixes to the front of the Rickshaw allows steering and braking to be managed by a guide rider whilst a visually impaired rider pedals from the main driving seat of the Rickshaw.

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