A WARM welcome was on hand as the Children in Need Rickshaw Challenge team passed through our villages and towns en route to Scotland.

The nine-day challenge saw the team, including BBC's The One Show host Matt Baker and a team of six youngsters, peddle the 500 miles from London to Glasgow in a rickshaw.

With BBC's Children in Need having taken place yesterday, Friday, the challenge is a major contributor and passed through Marthall, Ollerton, Knutsford, Mobberley and Ashley on it's Stafford to Salford route on Sunday, November 12.

Knutsford's firefighters were among those to brave the cold and offer support, joined by members of the community at the Mobberley Road station.

Matt Baker was handed a Blaze teddy bear as the team passed on Sunday evening.