LOCOG, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, has announced the route that will be taken by the Olympic torch and revealed the first 74 locations of the torch relay route, beginning at Land’s End. Here are the key dates in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games:
May 19th – Land’s End
May 25th – Cardiff
June 1st – Liverpool
June 6th – Belfast
June 8th – Glasgow
June 10th – Orkney
June 15th – Newcastle
June 23rd – Manchester
June 30th – Birmingham
July 12th – Weymouth
July 27th – Opening ceremony
The BBC has published a torch relay map which gives a bit more of an insight, and more route details are due to be published later this year. The torch will visit every country in the UK and include six island visits (to the Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Shetland, Orkney and the Isle of Lewis).
The torch will cover some 8,000 miles and LOCOG are looking for 8,000 inspirational people to be torchbearers. Details of the nomination process for potential torchbearers is due to be announced later this morning.
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