Are they preparing for the Victorian Olympics? Torch carrier hitches a ride on a canal boat pulled across aqueduct by period costume-clad workers- Boxer Amir Khan to carry the torch through his home-town of Bolton today
- Yesterday it was carried through Shropshire by a soldier who lost both legs in a bomb blast
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The Olympic torch has been carried over all sorts of terrains over the last 12 days but yesterday it took to the water travelling on a barge pulled along a towpath by four costume-clad canal workers.
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The famous flame, which started the day in Chester, arrived at the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales, and was carried across the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain by torchbearer Joanne Gregory, from Wrexham.公仔箱論壇3 n4 [7 e8 T0 k% |% q, [( M$ {: f
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Volunteer members of the Shropshire Union Fly-boat Restoration Society dressed up in 19th century garb to pull the barge up the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee.
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Heave-ho! Joanne Gregory carries the Olympic Torch on a hand drawn canal boat across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, in Llangollen, Wales. The barge was pulled by four volunteer members of the Shropshire Union Fly-boat Restoration Societytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; K( L% U# l. w
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Torchbearer Ms Gregory gets onto a boat in front of large crowds of spectators and schoolchildren on the Llangollen Canal who gathered to watch the spectacletvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) D0 K. D; k; u4 H
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The aqueduct was completed in 1805 and is a Grade I listed building and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 y" s# M5 k4 N+ s
The torch was also carried by Corporal Ricky Furgusson, 26, yesterday, a soldier who was maimed in an Afghanistan bomb blast.
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2 _$ u, P) L4 {: o公仔箱論壇The Military Cross-holder lost both his legs, his left eye and fingers from both hands when he was on patrol in Sangin in 2010.
& R* ^& t4 J7 x" `3 IOn the flame's 12th day on the road, his comrades from 4th Battalion The Rifles lined the streets to show their support at Broseley, Shropshire.
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Long way from home? Sky Sports TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher appeared in Wigan to take her turn carrying the torchTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。5 D0 a7 N* `8 X4 a7 a% [
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Speaking after carrying the torch on prosthetic legs, Telford-born Cpl Furgusson described the chance to carry the Olympic torch as 'a once in a lifetime opportunity'.
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, c/ v, v+ r0 l* `: s- Q H( T: d公仔箱論壇Asked by the BBC if his participation as a torchbearer was a sign of courage, he said: 'You have got two choices in life - sit and be lazy and do nothing and be depressed or get up, get your legs on and live your life exactly the same way you did before, and that is exactly what I do.'公仔箱論壇$ O+ x* ~0 Z3 z# H
'I say never say never, your life is still there and just because you are injured your life should not change in any way if possible.
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'Still live exactly the same as you would have done before you got injured.'TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。0 H$ j/ ^ ^2 o8 i8 O
'People say I am a national hero but as far as I am concerned I did my job and it wasn't just me, it was me and the section who have done it overall together,' he added.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, q! }6 ]' \4 Q: k5 u; Q
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Comedian John Bishop took the torch to the top of the Lovell telescope's 80m focus tower in the pouring rain and struck a triumphant pose
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Mr Bishop, seen waving with the torch, said the British people were great at getting behind things and the Olympics was now an event for the country1 r7 }# d5 d1 e' q0 m5 E5 ^4 D
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Meanwhile, today comedian John Bishop took the torch to the top of one of the world's largest radio telescopes.
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The 45-year-old funny man carried the flame to the top of the Lovell telescope's 80m focus tower in the pouring rain and struck a triumphant pose.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( G& |( b8 R+ J: X+ c
( A' x: l3 { r9 X- A- Q: u/ dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLocated at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, it is the third largest fully-steerable radio telescope in the world. E) A& p9 d5 b2 m. Z* A; B8 h) j" A
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Daniel Dawoud, left, carrying the Olympic Flame between Lowton and Abram, Wigan, today and Edwin Johnson, right carrying the Olympic Flame on the same leg
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- n& n- q) L h( bCommenting on the experience of taking the torch to the top, the Liverpool-born TV star said it had been 'windy, wet and scary'.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。; H3 E1 [4 }) U& S: v9 {- D& ~
) Y: _1 g# P4 ~. |公仔箱論壇He said: 'It is phenomenal because it is an iconic structure. We drive past it every day taking the kids to school but I never thought I would stand on it.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ Y, w6 z$ K0 ~) Y
/ M9 m6 c; x7 o6 M0 ?'The weather is terrible, but it is the north of England, that is what you are going to get.
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% x" C5 @* I. E% z5.39.217.76'It is just a shame we couldn't do it on a nicer a day but it didn't matter because, in many respects, it sums up what the foreigners can expect when they come over for the Olympics - you are going to get wet.'TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。5 k7 [7 c( z8 A+ t3 O6 H, m* H/ n3 b
( {& H V$ y, r# YAsked why the torch relay has captured the public imagination, he said: 'From my experience, the British people are great at getting behind things and the Olympics is now an event for the country and I think it just gives them that little sense of being involved.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& @" m5 m. S R4 j% \0 j
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 Corporal Ricky Furgusson, 24, from Telford, said just because you are injured your life should not change in any way if possibletvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% a* e( [, u0 J$ c- ?5 I
' f m3 [4 w* btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'And obviously, I have got behind it because I needed something to light the barbecue,' he added.
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Keen sportsman Bishop has so far raised £3.4 million for the BBC charity Sport Relief after carrying out a Week Of Hell triathlon earlier this year." q2 f: | C" r: T- w
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It saw him cycle 185 miles from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to Calais, row across the English Channel and run 90 miles from Dover to Trafalgar Square in London, all in the space of five days.: d- I4 q5 p' u* ^
Also appearing with the torch today was Kirsty Gallacher who ran with the flame in Wigan, despite having no discernible link with the area. % O" D" K9 G* F
The 13th day of the Olympic torch relay began in Stoke-on-Trent, where Stoke City manager Tony Pulis was the first torchbearer of the day.2 d+ c4 l7 D5 I+ q) y E. a; _
1 u1 R! J* p! D5 l/ ~The torch also visited Tatton Park in Knutsford, Cheshire, where Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne was photographed standing next to torchbearer Michael Dooling.
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% F3 G$ a* H, `7 Z) K5.39.217.76Its 107.95 miles journey through the North West of England today will end in Bolton, where it will be carried by world light-welterweight champion and Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan.公仔箱論壇9 \5 c( ]4 @; p" h1 w
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It was paraded in Much Wenlock before the house of Dr William Penny Brookes, the creator in 1850 of the Wenlock Olympian Games.) e, Q0 B6 S" d- U$ O
The small market town's direct links to the modern Olympics date back to 1890, when International Olympic Committee founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin visited Wenlock to inquire about the town's games.
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De Coubertin confessed they were an important inspiration for the first Olympics of modern times, held in Athens in 1896.
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Among the seven torchbearers who made their way through the crowded town yesterday were Olympian archer Alison Williamson and 83-year-old cancer survivor Ronald Miles.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 T; D V) r* c; P
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'I have had some wonderful experiences, I saw Her Majesty the Queen married in 1947, I have been all over the world to 60 countries, but nothing touches this today.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( d% @6 ]# p. n% r
: U! K& P# S* a'What was really magic were the children, someone told them my name and they all chanted 'Ron, Ron' at the top of their voices.
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Mr Miles said he had been training to carry the torch, and this had allowed him to run for half of his 300-metre stretch with the flame.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; ] @3 s( p, G. e
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'I'm quite fit despite having a major operation to remove a bowel cancer in January this year,' he added.
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Ms Williamson, who will become just the third British athlete to compete in six Summer Olympics when she takes part at London 2012, said: 'The Olympics might never have taken place if Baron De Coubertin had not come to Wenlock and seen the games that Dr William Penny Brookes had created himself.5.39.217.76* Z4 X; ]6 f1 N, K8 x, p6 [4 {# W
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'I grew up in Shropshire, my archery club trained here in the winter and I competed in the Wenlock games when I was 10, so I have a lot of connections with the place.'
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The 40-year-old's sixth participation in the Games will put her level with fencer Bill Hoskyns and javelin thrower Tessa Sanderson in the number of Olympic participations.3 r: a8 C9 G4 h7 c% }1 W
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Too much? Spectators at the Olympic Stadium will have to dig deep to eat and drink at the games this summer with a cup of tea costing £2, coffee £2.60 and bottle of water £1.605.39.217.76. _9 ]8 T9 B& s* M5 x% P
Supersize me: The new McDonald's at the Olympic Park in east London is set to be the world's largest for the chain. The company will have four restaurants at the Games
A pint of beer and a jacket potato at the Olympics will cost £13 and a 18.7cl quarter-bottle of wine will cost £4.80 0 but organisers say it is not excessive and prices are comparable to other sporting events