BBC star Sara Cox was full of smiles and tears as she finished the third day of her Children in Need challenge, and crossed the North Yorkshire border.
The radio host entered Richmond around 7pm on Wednesday (November 12) as part of her gruelling 'Great Northern Marathon Challenge'.
She is taking on a 135-mile trek from Kielder in Northumberland, which started on Monday (November 10), and is due to end the challenge in Pudsey in Leeds on Friday (November 14).
She is covering the distance on foot through four counties, all while carrying a Pudsey Bear backpack for Children in Need.
After passing through Staindrop and Cockfield, she made her way through a guard of around 40 tractors in Winston revving their engines to welcome her to the village.
Fellow BBC presenter Gethan Jones even turned out to surprise his colleague at John Dickinson's haulage yard earlier in the day.
She then made her way down to the third day's finish line in Richmond.
Crowds turned out to cheer for her arrival, as she struggled through the last push, with many children and families donning their own Pudsey ears and raising homemade signs of support.
Sara is next heading down towards Ripley today (November 13), past Northallerton and Thirsk, heading close to Ripon.
Tomorrow, she will face the final stretch of her journey into West Yorkshire, past Harrogate and towards the finish line at Pudsey.
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Sara’s challenge is Radio 2’s longest by duration, and Cox’s colleagues have been showing their support during their shows while sharing messages from listeners and guests.
Radio 2 presenter Paddy McGuinness, who raised £10.3 million for Children in Need last year with his cycle challenge, previously told how he and the rest of the Radio 2 team would be 'supporting her every step of the way'.
Cameras are also following her along the journey, creating an hour-long broadcast which will be available to watch on iPlayer next Wednesday (November 19).
She has raised £2.6m so far.
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