A TANDEM ridden by Chris Tarrant and wife Ingrid is to be auctioned for charity after a three-day fund-raiser "almost ended in divorce".

Bickering and rows had already beset their training for the 160-mile ride from London's St Paul's Cathedral to Cardiff in aid of a children's charity.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host Chris took the front seat on the tandem and was in charge of gear changes.

Ingrid described how during the journey her husband would block his ears to her complaints. And there were occasions when she ended up flying off the back of the tandem.

But the couple were all smiles yesterday as they and other cycling celebrities were greeted by a cheering crowd in the sunshine at the end of their journey outside the Children's Hospital for Wales.

The couple were determined to make it to Cardiff to raise cash for the charity, the Rhys Daniels Trust, which provides care for sick children and their parents.

"We will never cycle again together. That's it," said Ingrid..