Olympic Torch Relay - 12th July 2012
The Olympic torch relay visited Shaftesbury today and so I took the morning off work and went to see it as it was so close.
I arranged with a work colleague to go along with her and her son and we took advantage of having friends and family nearby and so we parked in Rob's parents house!
We arrived in Shaftesbury about 8.45 and walked to town. We picked a spot near the bottom of the high street and waited...!
Shortly after the town band came through:
The band was closely followed by a car which had a torchbearer from sometime in the 1950's I think (?)
Then we had a procession of various relay vehicles:
Apparently I am supposed to be getting my photos to have blurry backgrounds and not blurry cars etc.....unfortunately I haven't quite mastered it!
A couple of the torch security team come through before the torch arrives:
Then finally here comes the torch:
And then it is gone again:
Now, my cunning plan was to walk quickly from the bottom of the high street to the by-pass to attempt to see the torch pass again.....
A few minutes later and here we are again:
We also saw this character....who we thought was part of the relay but it turns out they were local!
Excitement over....and off back to work I went!
The rest of my photos are here:
Photos
I arranged with a work colleague to go along with her and her son and we took advantage of having friends and family nearby and so we parked in Rob's parents house!
We arrived in Shaftesbury about 8.45 and walked to town. We picked a spot near the bottom of the high street and waited...!
Shortly after the town band came through:
The band was closely followed by a car which had a torchbearer from sometime in the 1950's I think (?)
Then we had a procession of various relay vehicles:
Apparently I am supposed to be getting my photos to have blurry backgrounds and not blurry cars etc.....unfortunately I haven't quite mastered it!
A couple of the torch security team come through before the torch arrives:
Then finally here comes the torch:
And then it is gone again:
Now, my cunning plan was to walk quickly from the bottom of the high street to the by-pass to attempt to see the torch pass again.....
A few minutes later and here we are again:
We also saw this character....who we thought was part of the relay but it turns out they were local!
Excitement over....and off back to work I went!
The rest of my photos are here:
Photos
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