Olympic Torch Relay

The Olympic flame has embarked on a 70-day tour of the UK in the run-up to the London 2012 Games.

Triple Olympic gold medallist sailor Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer in the 8,000 mile relay, which left Land's End, Cornwall, at 07:15 BST. The Olympic flame arrived on Friday evening on board a special BA flight from Athens to Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose.
The flame spent the night on the base before being flown to Land's End by a Royal Navy search and rescue helicopter, which had one gold-painted rotor blade, early on Saturday morning for the start of the relay.
It was carried to the world-famous signpost, where Ainslie's torch was lit shortly after 07:00
He ran a short distance before passing the flame and wishing good luck to the second torchbearer, 18-year-old Cornish surfer Tassy Swallow.
The flame travelled through Cornwall into Devon where it ends its first day with an evening celebration on Plymouth Hoe.

Just wish i had been able to follow the relay throughout the county, but with other commitments was only able to make it to Lands End and then onto Truro.