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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4 A% b6 o, t1 E& I4 A# e5.39.217.76The 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" v5 F K T- n% w9 U) h4 U8 \
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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. 公仔箱論壇$ \& `, B: C# d
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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 Society
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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 spectacle
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The aqueduct was completed in 1805 and is a Grade I listed building and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.; }& G% B9 i& n9 p
The torch was also carried by Corporal Ricky Furgusson, 26, yesterday, a soldier who was maimed in an Afghanistan bomb blast. 7 d* Q0 K+ l2 ]3 W/ O- G4 r
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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.% B* g3 I# k% b$ p2 M: O- s
On 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 torch
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+ @0 [8 l8 k: wSpeaking 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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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.'
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'Still live exactly the same as you would have done before you got injured.'5.39.217.76, w L( b% b( g* b
'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.
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1 Z+ K0 U* U& q6 [+ z& Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbComedian 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公仔箱論壇0 r' G" G$ M9 e: `( B' ?8 B$ ]; w( M
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3 B( [# L9 N8 e7 j" w5.39.217.76Located at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, the telescope is the third largest fully-steerable radio telescope. The TV star said it had been windy, wet and scary' 5.39.217.76, Z0 \3 o4 p; i0 B% j
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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 country
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Meanwhile, today comedian John Bishop took the torch to the top of one of the world's largest radio telescopes.公仔箱論壇* E) _% b! O' F0 \
' B0 a) W8 V$ |4 |/ }1 |7 U5.39.217.76The 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.
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Located at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, it is the third largest fully-steerable radio telescope in the world.
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) j5 b- C$ }' A- \$ I6 d5.39.217.76Daniel 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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# P6 n, F, |$ E1 c- LTVBNOW 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。Commenting on the experience of taking the torch to the top, the Liverpool-born TV star said it had been 'windy, wet and scary'.
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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.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。- {. | u6 H' A+ d) n; x0 V x3 V+ S# W
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Michael Dooling holds the Olympic Flame as he stands with a smiling Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in Tatton Park in Cheshire this morning, left, and Ricky Furgusson, the disabled soldier, carries the torch yesterday, right公仔箱論壇8 ^ T; e5 ^0 u
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'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.'5.39.217.769 T1 d) r. @, s& J
8 x9 Y) C+ K0 Q x, x2 G- p' hAsked 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.
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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 possibleTVBNOW 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。3 ?! G. v+ J- Z- t" ^7 A; y2 W L
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'And obviously, I have got behind it because I needed something to light the barbecue,' he added.5.39.217.76: }. x/ k/ M9 v3 W2 V: J
5 O; a, u' h4 I1 `, W8 K! ~) h公仔箱論壇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.
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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.5.39.217.76; {7 o: G+ [ A& d' i1 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. ; h' X: e, ~' w* R
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.! u4 J# ?, Z- q& N2 X% O
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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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; J, k3 z, i/ E* i% WIts 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.
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9 x, |9 b3 b, _, q8 ^5.39.217.76Yesterday, before arriving in Broseley, Shropshire, the torch was taken to another Shropshire town credited as the birthplace of the Modern Games.
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* w; h v4 _ ~- F) ~3 `" v( J! |4 }
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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7 \% b2 P6 o1 B9 B! p5.39.217.76De Coubertin confessed they were an important inspiration for the first Olympics of modern times, held in Athens in 1896.5.39.217.76( O8 y4 P b) s- R- S6 Y/ k8 w2 G
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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.
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+ ]. W. G! U1 x# Y/ m/ r. o( H公仔箱論壇Local historian Mr Miles, who is from nearby Telford, said of carrying the torch: 'It is the best experience I ever had in my life.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。; L0 r' ]- a3 n6 S
'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.
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'What was really magic were the children, someone told them my name and they all chanted 'Ron, Ron' at the top of their voices.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。6 [6 j6 r* \* L% ?0 C3 q9 i# K
+ ?: A0 T. }; ?1 Y8 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'I shall never have something like it even if I live to 200, will I?'
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# ~: J7 ]5 \% S! PMr 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.
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'I'm quite fit despite having a major operation to remove a bowel cancer in January this year,' he added.公仔箱論壇; b# u- p2 P" s0 N( z
5 C/ R2 G. I1 q+ D# I- OTVBNOW 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。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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 W3 i8 M1 p- p. n( S' A# w
1 w0 H) R% T1 E! E: k2 \7 eTVBNOW 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。'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.'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。, m0 l$ f- J. Q* G
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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.
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9 ]3 O& n9 @3 _% xSupport: Cpl Furgusson described the chance to carry the Olympic torch as 'a once in a lifetime opportunity'. He is pictured carrying it flanked by dozens of supporters |