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The Olympic torch arrived in Nottingham today. After a journey around the county, the final leg was from Castle Gate in Nottingham to the Old Market Square. Castle Gate was the point were our very own Olympic champions Jayne Torville and Christopher Dean took up their duties as the last Olympic Torch Bearers of the day before the flame stays over night in the city before starting its next leg of its journey from Nottingham through Derbyshire and to its resting place tomorrow night in Derby

Torville & Dean carry they Olympic Flame

Torch Bearer (One of the other Nottinghamshire Torch bearers)

Olympic Flame visits Nottingham

The Old Market Square was packed with revellers, as many to rival the visit of the Queen earlier this month

You can see the videos of the route from Mansfield to Nottingham here http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay/day41#pid=p00syjf4&t=false

Current Mood: giddy
Current Location: In The Dark
Current Music: Rattle & Hum - U2

It was announced today that the Olympic torch will visit Nottingham on its journey around the UK in June 2012.

The torch will stop overnight in the city on 28 June 2012, with Nottingham City Council hosting an evening of celebration. The torch relay will set off from the Robin Hood Statue at Nottingham Castle the following morning on its way to Derbyshire.

Some of the places the torch is to visit Newstead Abbey, Sherwood Forest, Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre in Edwinstowe, the National Watersports Centre, West Bridgford, Victoria Embankment in the Meadows where I grew up before heading for the overnight stop at the National Ice Centre at Nottingham Arena It will begin its journey to Derbyshire from the Robin Hood statue outside Nottingham Castle on 29 June.

I hope to be able to see it that day as it passes through my home

Current Mood: happy
Current Location: Nottingham
Current Music: You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon