91 Awesome Photos from the 70-day Torch Relay ahead of the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Olympics

Jul 27, 2012

91 Awesome Photos from the 70-day Torch Relay ahead of the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Olympics

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Some 8,000 people will carry the Olympic flame over the 70-day Torch Relay until July 27, when the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony will be ignited in London to kick off the Olympic games.

Here’s a look at the past 70 days as the Olympic flame has been making its way throughout the United Kingdom.

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 27: The Gloriana with the Olympic torch sails down the river Thames past the houses of Parliament on the final day of the Olympic torch relay where it will end in the London Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, on July 27, 2012. (Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 27: Torchbearer 012 Akosua Scantlebury holds Olympic Flame on the Royal rowbarge Gloriana as it makes it way down the River Thames towards Richmond Bridge on July 27, 2012 in London, England. (LOCOG/Getty Images)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 27: Torchbearer 009 Mark Levy holds the Flame in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace during the final day on July 27, 2012 in London, England. (LOCOG/Getty Images)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 27: Amber Charles stands by giant Olympic rings mounted on a barge floating on the River Thames in front of the Tower Bridge during the 2012 London Olympic Games Torch Relay on July 27, 2012 in London. (Will Oliver Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 27: Olympic Gold Medalist rower Torchbearer 011 Matthew Pinsent stands in front of the Great Gate at Hampton Court Palace holding the Olympic Flame during the final Day of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 27, 2012 in London, England. (LOCOG/Getty Images)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 26: Lakshmi Mittal with The Olympic Torch On Day 69 Of The Olympic Torch Relay on July 26, 2012 in London, England. (Neil Mockford/Getty Images)

: LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 26: Olympic torch bearer Kate Nesbitt (C) stands with Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha Cameron in Downing Street on July 26, 2012 in London, England. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 26: Torchbearer 048 Ifeyinwa Egesi holds the Olympic Flame inside the Globe Theatre during Day 69 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 26, 2012 in London, England. (LOCOG/Getty Images)

: LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 26: Wheelchair basketball player Adedoyin Adepitan carries the Olympic flame over Millennium Bridge in front of St Paul’s Cathedral during Day 69 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 26, 2012 in London, England. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

: LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 26: Comedian David Walliams sets off with the Olympic Torch from Islington Town Hall on day 69 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 26, 2012 in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

: HARROW, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 25: Torchbearer 001 Joanna Hyams carries the Olympic Flame on the wicket at Pinner Cricket Club in Harrow at the beginning of Day 68 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 25, 2012 in London, England. (LOCOG/Getty Images)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 24: Torchbearer 113 Boris Becker carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Ealing (London Borough) during day 67 of the Olympic Torch Relay on July 24, 2012 in London, England. (LOCOG/Getty Images)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 25: British soccer player Gordon Banks, who was goalkeeper for England in the 1966 World Cup, runs with the London 2012 Olympic torch outside Wembley Stadium in northwest London July 25, 2012. (Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 23: Torchbearer Michael Owen carries the Olympic Flame at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home during Day 66 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 23, 2012 in London, England. (LOCOG/Getty Images)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 22: Torch bearer Amelia Hempleman-Adams, age 17, stands on top of a capsule on the London Eye as part of the torch relay ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London July 22, 2012. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 24: British music producer Mark Ronson (L) passes the Olympic flame to British singer Katy B during a torch relay at the Brunel University, on July 24, 2012 in London, three days before the opening of the London 2012 Olympic games. (Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images)

: Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, carries the Olympic Torch into the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust Centre for the hand over to Kieran Lang, The Young Mayor of Lewisham on July 23, 2012 in London, England. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

: LONDON UNITED, KINGDOM – JULY 22: Torchbearer 067 Isaac Harvey carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through the borough of Barking and Dagenham during Day 65 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 22, 2012 in London, England. (LOCOG/Getty Images)

: LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 21: Torchbearer Jaco van Gass (C), a soldier with the First Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, who was severely wounded in Afghanistan, is followed by the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery as he carries the Olympic torch past Woolwich Barracks on July 21, 2012 in London, England. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -JULY 23: British tennis player Andy Murray carries the Olympic Torch in Centre Court at the Olympic tennis venue in the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 23, 2012. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images)

: LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 20: Marine Martyn Williams abseils with the flame into the Tower of London during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 20, 2012 in London, England. (Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

: MARGATE, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 19: British Artist Torchbearer 068 Tracey Emin holds the Olympic Flame inside the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate alongside ‘The Kiss’ sculpture by Rodin, on Day 62 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 19, 2012 in Margate, England. (LOCOG/Getty Images)

: DOVER, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 18: Torch security officer Sakira Suzia carries the Olympic torch into harbour on board the tall ship Stavros S Niarchos after the official torch carrier Jamie Clarke became seasick at Dover in south east England July 18, 2012. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

: CHICHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 16: Ryan Hoddjarbis, Wilfred Cass, Thomas Heatherwick and Paul Zetter pose for photographs during the Olympic Torch Procession at Cass Sculpture Foundation on July 16, 2012 in Chichester, England. (Stuart Wilson/Getty Images For Cass Sculpture Foundation)

: JULY 14: A runner carries the Olympic Flame before the Markus Liebherr Memorial Cup match between Arsenal and Anderlecht at St Mary’s Stadium on July 14, 2012 in Southampton, England. (Steve Bardens/Getty Images)

: JULY 14: Torchbearer 053 David Ouston carries the Olympic Flame on a chairlift at The Needles on Day 57 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 14, 2012 in Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 13: Torchbearer 049 Valerie Mylechreest passes the Olympic Flame to Torchbearer 050 Dean Lightwood as they stand with Penny Elsom (right), the Daughter of Commander Bill Collins who was chief organiser of the 1948 Olympic Torch Relay, outside his former home in Corfe Castle, during Day 56 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Dorset, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 13: Torchbearer 049 Valerie Mylechreest carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay as Corfe Castle stands in the background, during Day 56 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Dorset, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

: JULY 13: Torchbearer Lisa Devine holds the Olympic Flame in front of Durdle Door, during Day 56 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Dorset, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

: JULY 13: Torchbearer Thomas Mules holds the Olympic Flame on Pulpit Rock, Portland Bill, at the beginning of Day 56 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay near Salisbury, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

: JULY 12: Torchbearer Alan Surtees, carries the Olympic Flame up Gold Hill as the Torch Relay on Day 55 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Shaftesbury, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

: JULY 12: Olympic gold medalist and Torchbearer Michael Johnson holds the Olympic Torch at Stonehenge, a World Heritage site, in Salisbury, southern England July 12, 2012. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)

: JULY 12: Olympic gold medalist and Torchbearer Michael Johnson holds the Olympic Flame at Stonehenge at the beginning of Day 55 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 12, 2012 at Stonehenge, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 10: Former Olympic gold medalist rower and Torchbearer Sir Steve Redgrave carries the Olympic Flame on a boat on the River Thames on the Torch Relay leg between Wallingford and Henley on Thames during Day 53 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 10: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, LOCOG Chairman Sebastian Coe (R) and Olympic torch bearer Gina Macgregor (2nd L) watch as torchbearer Phil Wells takes the Olympic Flame at Windsor Castle. (Ben Stansall/Reuters)

: JULY 10: Jockey Frankie Dettori leaps from ex-racehorse Monsignor, after they carried the Olympic Flame around the parade ring at Ascot Racecourse during Day 53 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Windsor, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 09: Mexican international footballer and Torchbearer Gerardo Torrado carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Aylesbury and Stoke Mandeville. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 08: Torchbearer David Cole lights the cauldron with the the Olympic Flame during the Torch Relay leg through Luton on July 8, 2012 in St Albans, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 08: An unusual hand-over as Torchbearer Riessen Hill passes the Olympic Flame to Torchbearer Sarah Toll on the Torch Relay leg between Hatfield and St. Albans in St. Albans, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 08: Torchbearer Alice Breheny carries the Olympic Flame through Hatfield Hall on the Torch Relay leg through Hatfield on July 8, 2012. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 07: TV Chef and Torchbearer Jamie Oliver carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay journey between Newport and Saffron Walden during Day 50 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Newport, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 07: Torchbearer #024 Zachary Franklin carries the Olympic Flame on a raft down the Lee Valley White Water Centre on the Torch Relay leg between Harlow and Waltham Cross during Day 50 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 06: Olympic Swimmer and Torchbearer #057 Mark Foster carries the Olympic Flame through Southend during Day 49 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Southend, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 05: Caroline Emeny and Richard Game carry the Olympic torch past the beach huts on Southwold sea front in Southwold, England. (Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)

: JULY 03: Torchbearer #086 David Thompson passes the Olympic Flame to Torchbearer #087 Susan Probst outside Burghley House, Cambridgeshire. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 2: Torchbearer# 027 John Richards carries the Olympic Flame around the grounds of Rugby School during Day 45 in Rugby, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 2: Torchbearer #005 and Trialthlete Tim Don carries the Olympic Flame in the stands of the City of Coventry Stadium during Day 45 in Coventry, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 2: Torchbearer #002 Ali Abdillahi holds the Olympic Flame at the Coventry Cathedral ruins during Day 45 in Coventry, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JULY 1: Torchbearer #119 Georgina Harland holds the Olympic Flame in front of Warwick Castle during Day 44 of the Olympic Flame Torch Relay on July 1, 2012 in Warwick, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: Decorated Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry carries the Olympic flame past the National Armed Services Memorial to mark Armed Forces Day during the Olympic Torch relay in Alrewasm central England on June 30,2012. (Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images)

: JUNE 28: Torchbearer #100 Jayne Christensen and Torchbearer #107 Christopher Dean carry the Olympic Flame in the National Ice Centre on the Torch Relay leg through Nottingham on June 28, 2012 in Nottingham, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 27: Torchbearer Alan Ellinson holds the Torch before he abseils with the Olympic Flame down the side of the Royal Dock Tower in Grimsby at the beginning of Day 40 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Grimsby, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 26: Torchbearer Debjani Chatterjee holds the Olympic Flame in the Red Room of the MAGNA Science Adventure Centre during Day 39 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Sheffield, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 26: Torchbearer Lucy Brunt holds the Olympic Flame on the running track of Don Valley Stadium during Day 39 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Sheffield, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 25: Muriel Brown, 81, from Manchester, carries the Olympic Flame to the Henri Moore sculpture in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield as part of the 2012 London Olympic Torch Relay. Muriel was selected through the Coca-Cola campaign for her 60 years service to Amateur Athletics Coach and Judge Competitor Committees. (Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images)

: JUNE 25: Sadaharu Mishina, 31, from Japan, carries the Olympic Flame in Morley, northern England as part of the 2012 London Olympic Torch Relay. Mishina’s two- year-old daughter lost her life to the tsunami that hit Japan March 11, 2011. (Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images)

: JUNE 24: Ex-Manchester United and England football player Sir Bobby Charlton carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Salford and Leeds in Manchester, England. (Paul Thomas/Getty Images)

: JUNE 23: Torchbearer and British cyclist Sir Chris Hoy carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Lytham St. Anne’s and Manchester. (Paul Thomas/Getty Images)

: JUNE 23: Torchbearer Alice Kelly holds the Olympic Flame at Royal Lytham and St. Anne’s Golf Club on Day 36 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 21: Torchbearer Stephanie Booth, 14, from Windermere carries the Olympic flame on board historic steam boat The Tern during a voyage across Lake Windermere in Windermere, England. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

: JUNE 21: Torchbearer #020 Calum Graham passes the Olympic Flame to Torchbearer #021 Paul Mcghee on the Torch Relay leg between Annan and Gretna on June 21, 2012 in Gretna, Scotland. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 19: Torchbearer #117 Harvey Smith carries the Olympic Flame at York Racecourse on the Torch Relay leg through York in York, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 16: Ethiopian Olympic gold medal winner Haile Gebrselassie carries a London 2012 Olympic Games torch between Gateshead and South Shields in north east England. (LOCOG via Reuters)

: JUNE 16: Torch bearer Iris Hutchinson waves while holding a London 2012 Olympic Games torch at the Angel of the North sculpture near Gateshead, north east England. (David Moir/Reuters)

: JUNE 13: Singer songwriter John Legend carries the Olympic Torch during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: JUNE 13: British long-distance cyclist Mark Beaumont poses for photographers on the Forth Road Bridge while carrying a London 2012 Olympic torch near South Queensferry, Scotland. (David Moir/Reuters)

: JUNE 13: Torch bearer Louise Martin carries the London 2012 Olympic torch as she runs over the Swilken Bridge next to the eighteenth tee on the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland June 13, 2012. (David Moir/Reuters)

: JUNE 10: Torchbearer #039 Matthew Cox carries the Olympic Flame during Day 23 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Lerwick, Scotland. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 11: Torchbearer #003 Kirsty Wade holds the Olympic Flame at the Calanais Standing Stones in Callanish as the sun rises on Day 24 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Lewis, Scotland. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 9: Mountain Biker Tracy Moseley carries the Olympic Flame on the Nevis Range during Day 22 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Scotland, United Kingdom. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 9: Employee of the Nevis Range Davie Austin carries the Olympic Flame on a gondola on the Nevis Range on Day 22 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Scotland, United Kingdom. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 09: Shelia McNeil holds the Olympic Flame as it passes through the village of Luss on the banks of Loch Lomond in Luss, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: JUNE 08: Stunt cyclist Danny MacAskill rides with the Olympic Torch outside Kelvingrove Art Grove Art Gallery during the leg between Stranrear and Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: JUNE 08: Actor James Mcavoy runs down Buchanan Street carrying the Olympic Torch during the leg between Stranrear and Glasgow on June 8, 2012 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: JUNE 08: Torchbearer #038 Ida Ahlbom holds the Olympic Flame in front of Burns Cottage, the first home of Robert Burns, during Day 21 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Alloway, United Kingdom. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: JUNE 7: Olympic Torchbearer Eorann O’Neill, 16, carries the torch in a boat across Northern Ireland’s largest fresh water lake Lough Neagh from Antrim in Northern Ireland. (Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images)

: JUNE 6: Olympic Torchbearers and Irish pop stars John and Edward Grimes, known as Jedward, carry the torch during their relay leg to the General Post Office in Dublin, Ireland on June 6, 2012. (Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images)

: JUNE 4: Olympic Torchbearers Clare Leahy (L) and Denis Broderick carry the torch over the Carrick-A-Rede rope bridge in Ballintoy, Northern Ireland, on June 4, 2012. (Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images)

: JUNE 4: Torchbearer 005, Jean Jones holds the Olympic Flame aloft in front of Dunluce Castle on Day 17 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: MAY 31: Torchbearer #093 Natimi Black-Heaven carries the Olympic Flame on Day 13 between Lowton and Abram near Lowton, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: MAY 31: Torchbearer #135 Amir Khan lights the cauldron with the Olympic Flame at the end of the Torch Relay leg through Bolton on Day 13 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay in Bolton, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: MAY 30: Resident Gabrielle Drake looks out of the window of Hollybush Cottage as the Olympic Torch passes through Much Wenlock. Much Wenlock is the birthplace and former home of William Penny Brookes, who is considered the founding father of the modern Olympics. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

: MAY 29: Legendary mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington, 77, holds the Olympic torch on the summit of Mount Snowdon in Llanberis, United Kingdom. (LOCOG via Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 145041417

: MAY 26: Torchbearer 001 Actor Matt Smith carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Cardiff in Cardiff, Wales. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: May 23: Olympic Torchbearer Zara Phillips carries the Olympic Flame whilst riding her horse Toytown at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, England. (LOCOG via Getty Images)

: MAY 19: Television presenter, adventurer and writer Ben Fogle waves as he takes the Olympic flame in a lantern above the tree canopy in a helium balloon inside the rainforest biome at the Eden Project on May 19, 2012 in Cornwall, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

: MAY 19: Olympic gold medal sailor and the first London 2012 torchbearer, Ben Ainslie and lieutenant commander Richie Full, who delivered the Olympic Flame from RNAS Culdrose, pose for a photograph beside the Lands End sign on May 19, 2012 in Cornwall, England. The Olympic Flame arrived in the UK today and now begins a 70-day relay involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

: Britain’s Princess Anne, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (L), 2012 Chairman Lord Sebastain Coe (R) and former England footballer David Beckham (2nd R) arrive with the Olympic flame at RNAS Culdrose air base in Cornwall, south-west England, on May 18, 2012. (Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images)

: MAY 18: Former England footballer David Beckham (L) lights the Olympic Torch as it arrives at RNAS Culdrose air base in Cornwall, south-west England, on May 18, 2012. The Olympic Torch relay will kickoff from Land’s End, the southwest tip of England. (Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images)

: MAY 17: Princess Anne of Britain holds the torch with the Olympic Flame during the handover ceremony of the Olympic flame for the 2012 London Olympics at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

: MAY 17: The last torchbearers Olympic gold medalist Pyrros Dimas (R) and Li Ning carry the Olympic flame at the Panathinaiko stadium during the Olympic Torch Handover Ceremony, on May 17, 2012 in Athens, Greece. (Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

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