Comic Relief: BBC Radio Stoke's Lee Blakeman finishes 100 red noses charity challenge
BBC Radio Stoke breakfast show presenter Lee Blakeman has thanked listeners for supporting him in his task to find 100 red noses hidden around Stoke-on-Trent as part of this year's Comic Relief.He was given 10 hours on Thursday to track them all down and used nearly every minute to complete it.Along the way, Mr Blakeman had to carry out mini challenges including throwing a pot at Love Clay, Fenton and cooking oatcakes at London Road Oatcakes in Stoke.The challenge started at 08:00 GMT in his breakfast show on BBC Radio Stoke and finished during Susan Hank's show in the afternoon.
The whole challenge was almost derailed by a council litter picker who inadvertently put one of the hidden red noses in their black bin bag while working to keep the area's streets tidy.Luckily, Mr Blakeman caught up with him in the nick of time and recovered it.
He was then helped by listeners with the final clue as they phoned in to sing the lyrics to Up On The Roof by The Drifters.That told him the final red nose was on the top of the BBC's building on Cheapside, Hanley.Throughout the day, the challenge took Mr Blakeman across the length and breadth of Stoke-on-Trent.Along the way, he stopped at places including Trentham Monkey Forest, Gladstone Pottery Museum, the Bet365 Stadium and singer Robbie Williams' old house.Speaking in Friday's breakfast show he said: "What a brilliant day - it had a bit of everything: challenges, chaos, hilarious bits, stressy bits."With it being Stoke-on-Trent, there was loads of time stuck at temporary lights getting between the different zones."People can support Mr Blakeman by donating to Comic Relief online here.
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