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- Day 1 Land's End to Plymouth May 19
- Day 2 Plymouth to Exeter May 20
- Day 3 Exeter to Taunton May 21
- Day 4 Taunton to Bristol May 22
- Day 5 Bristol to Cheltenham May 23
- Day 6 Gloucester to Worcester May 24
- Day 7 Worcester to Cardiff May 25
- Day 8 Cardiff to Swansea May 26
- Day 9 Swansea to Aberystwyth May 27
- Day 10 Aberystwyth to Bangor May 28
- Day 11 Beaumaris to Chester May 29
- Day 12 Chester to Stoke-on-Trent May 30
- Day 13 Stoke-on-Trent to Bolton May 31
- Day 14 Bolton to Liverpool June 1
- Day 15 Liverpool to Castletown June 2
- Day 16 Belfast to Portrush June 3
- Day 17 Carrick-a-Rede to Londonderry June 4
- Day 18 Londonderry to Newry June 5
- Day 19 Dublin to Belfast June 6
- Day 20 Newcastle to Moorfields June 7
- Day 21 Stranraer to Glasgow June 8
- Day 22 Glasgow to Inverness June 9
- Day 23 Kirkwall to Lerwick June 10
- Day 24 Stornoway to Aberdeen June 11
- Day 25 Aberdeen to Dundee June 12
- Day 26 St Andrews to Edinburgh June 13
- Day 27 Edinburgh to Alnwick June 14
- Day 28 Alnwick to Newcastle upon Tyne June 15
- Day 29 Gateshead to Durham June 16
- Day 30 Durham to Middlesbrough June 17
- Day 31 Middlesbrough to Hull June 18
- Day 32 Hull to York June 19
- Day 33 York to Carlisle June 20
- Day 34 Dumfries to Bowness-on-Windermere June 21
- Day 35 Kendal to Blackpool June 22
- Day 36 Lytham St Anne's to Manchester June 23
- Day 37 Salford to Leeds June 24
- Day 38 Leeds to Sheffield June 25
- Day 39 Sheffield to Cleethorpes June 26
- Day 40 Grimsby to Lincoln June 27
- Day 41 Lincoln to Nottingham June 28
- Day 42 Nottingham to Derby June 29
- Day 43 Derby to Birmingham June 30
- Day 44 Birmingham to Coventry July 1
- Day 45 Coventry to Leicester July 2
- Day 46 Leicester to Peterborough July 3
- Day 47 Peterborough to Norwich July 4
- Day 48 Norwich to Ipswich July 5
- Day 49 Ipswich to Chelmsford July 6
- Day 50 Chelmsford to Cambridge July 7
- Day 51 Cambridge to Luton July 8
- Day 52 Luton to Oxford July 9
- Day 53 Oxford to Reading July 10
- Day 54 Reading to Salisbury July 11
- Day 55 Salisbury to Weymouth July 12
- Day 56 Portland Bill to Bournemouth July 13
- Day 57 Bournemouth to Southampton July 14
- Day 58 Southampton to Portsmouth July 15
- Day 59 Portsmouth to Brighton July 16
- Day 60 Brighton to Hastings July 17
- Day 61 Hastings to Dover July 18
- Day 62 Deal to Maidstone July 19
- Day 63 Maidstone to Guildford July 20
- Day 64 Greenwich to Waltham Forest July 21
- Day 65 Redbridge to Bexley July 22
- Day 66 Lewisham to Wandsworth July 23
- Day 67 Kingston to Ealing July 24
- Day 68 Harrow to Haringey July 25
- Day 69 Camden to Westminster July 26
- Day 70 Hampton Court to Olympic Stadium July 27
70 days; 70 routes
- Day 1 Land's End to Plymouth
- Day 2 Plymouth to Exeter
- Day 3 Exeter to Taunton
- Day 4 Taunton to Bristol
- Day 5 Bristol to Cheltenham
- Day 6 Gloucester to Worcester
- Day 7 Worcester to Cardiff
- Day 8 Cardiff to Swansea
- Day 9 Swansea to Aberystwyth
- Day 10 Aberystwyth to Bangor
- Day 11 Beaumaris to Chester
- Day 12 Chester to Stoke-on-Trent
- Day 13 Stoke-on-Trent to Bolton
- Day 14 Bolton to Liverpool
- Day 15 Liverpool to Castletown
- Day 16 Belfast to Portrush
- Day 17 Carrick-a-Rede to Londonderry
- Day 18 Londonderry to Newry
- Day 19 Dublin to Belfast
- Day 20 Newcastle to Moorfields
- Day 21 Stranraer to Glasgow
- Day 22 Glasgow to Inverness
- Day 23 Kirkwall to Lerwick
- Day 24 Stornoway to Aberdeen
- Day 25 Aberdeen to Dundee
- Day 26 St Andrews to Edinburgh
- Day 27 Edinburgh to Alnwick
- Day 28 Alnwick to Newcastle upon Tyne
- Day 29 Gateshead to Durham
- Day 30 Durham to Middlesbrough
- Day 31 Middlesbrough to Hull
- Day 32 Hull to York
- Day 33 York to Carlisle
- Day 34 Dumfries to Bowness-on-Windermere
- Day 35 Kendal to Blackpool
- Day 36 Lytham St Anne's to Manchester
- Day 37 Salford to Leeds
- Day 38 Leeds to Sheffield
- Day 39 Sheffield to Cleethorpes
- Day 40 Grimsby to Lincoln
- Day 41 Lincoln to Nottingham
- Day 42 Nottingham to Derby
- Day 43 Derby to Birmingham
- Day 44 Birmingham to Coventry
- Day 45 Coventry to Leicester
- Day 46 Leicester to Peterborough
- Day 47 Peterborough to Norwich
- Day 48 Norwich to Ipswich
- Day 49 Ipswich to Chelmsford
- Day 50 Chelmsford to Cambridge
- Day 51 Cambridge to Luton
- Day 52 Luton to Oxford
- Day 53 Oxford to Reading
- Day 54 Reading to Salisbury
- Day 55 Salisbury to Weymouth
- Day 56 Portland Bill to Bournemouth
- Day 57 Bournemouth to Southampton
- Day 58 Southampton to Portsmouth
- Day 59 Portsmouth to Brighton
- Day 60 Brighton to Hastings
- Day 61 Hastings to Dover
- Day 62 Deal to Maidstone
- Day 63 Maidstone to Guildford
- Day 64 Greenwich to Waltham Forest
- Day 65 Redbridge to Bexley
- Day 66 Lewisham to Wandsworth
- Day 67 Kingston to Ealing
- Day 68 Harrow to Haringey
- Day 69 Camden to Westminster
- Day 70 Hampton Court to Olympic Stadium
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Theale
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Newbury
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Basingstoke
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Kings Worthy
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Winchester
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Andover
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Ludgershall
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Tidworth
- Ludgershall Road (A3026)
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Amesbury
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The Winterbournes
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Salisbury
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- Churchill Way (A36)
- Castle Road (A345)
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0745: Wow - how do you follow that? What a day the Olympic flame had yesterday - visiting the Queen at Windsor Castle and being carried by Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Roger Bannister, Frankie Dettori, Denise Lewis and Ray Wilkins.
Well don't worry, there is plenty more excitement coming up today....
0748: The flame will visit Winchester Cathedral on its way from Reading to Salisbury and among today's torchbearers are 1948 Olympian George Weedon, 92, who was a British gymnast in those Games in London, and BBC Sport presenter Clare Balding.
Your text commentators this morning are Sarah Holt and Ian Westbrook and we want to hear from you. Tweet us at @BBC2012 or visit our BBC London 2012 Facebook page.
0751: As well as following the relay this morning via the #bbctorchcam pictures and this live text, you can also listen to BBC Radio Berkshire's Breakfast Show with Andrew Peach live from Whitley.
0755: Unfortunately because of a change of route we will be unable to bring you live pictures of the first three torchbearers of the day but we will try to update you via the Radio Berkshire commentary.
0756: BBC South weather presenter Reham Khan says it will be a bright start to the torch relay this morning in Reading, but warns spectators they should keep their brolly close at hand.
People watching the flame in Reading this morning can take their pic in front of an Olympic backdrop inside a special photo booth. The BBC Radio Berkshire team will be at Whitley Leisure Centre from 9.30am and your special picture will be printed within 20 seconds.
BBC Radio Berkshire's Nicki Whiteman says crowds are already gathering on Broad Street: "There's lots of early birds here already and I reckon they'll be around 10-deep by the time the flame passes through here around 8.30am."
0759: BBC Radio Berkshire's Ade Williams has watched first torchbearer Lee Umpleby leave from Caversham Court Gardens.
"The crowds have cheered him on his way and it's great to see how many people are here for it."
PC Umpleby has saved a man's life during his career and also tackled a man who was threatening his wife and child with a Samurai sword.
0810: We have torchcam pictures now in time to see Ian Harding hand the flame over to former Great Britain wheelchair basketball player Joe Gilbert. The 59-year-old, who damaged his spine 40 years ago, has also set up wheelchair basketball teams for juniors and ladies on behalf of the Aspire spinal injuries charity.
A rare sight greets us - sunshine!!
It's a glorious scene as we look out over the River Thames and then see crowds packing the pavement on the bridge.
0812: BBC Radio Berkshire's Tim Dellor says crowds are lining the roads into the town centre.
"There's lots of people squinting this morning as there's bright sunshine, while yesterday everyone was sheltering from the rain!" he reports.
0816: Slight delay here because the convoy is due to travel the wrong way down a one-way street - but the road had not been closed and all the vehicles there have not yet been cleared out of the way!
0818: The delay continues - the convoy cannot now use the planned road so is having to work out a different route.
0822: This delay means we have missed the handover between super Gran Sherry Young and budding swimmer Lizzie Rose.
Sherry, 73, is a big Olympics fans and travelled to Athens to watch the 2004 Games and says it is one of her most cherished memories. Sherry, who has recovered from cancer and hip problems, has been nominated by her daughter who says: "Mum is a warn embrace and shoulder to cry on for friends and large family alike."
Lizzie, 12, has won the county 200m breaststroke title a whopping eight times and recently won an open water swimming event for under-13s. Lizzie also sings, plays the piano and writes poetry - but not at the same time as swimming!
0823: Good news we haven't missed Sherry as we thought - here she is now!
0824: And this now is Lizzie (see 0822).
0827: Here's High Wycombe's Andy Ruler, who should get into the swim of things quickly as he runs a community swimming club.
Andy is in this picture sent to us by Chris Hughes of the early torchbearers at Caversham Court Gardens this morning before the start of today's leg:
Wonder what the BBC's Clare Balding will be wearing when she runs with the torch at 11:12 BST as she has just tweeted: "I haven't been sent my uniform so I HOPE they have it!"
0831: Running under Reading's glorious blue skies now is local lass Julie Read. Julie is the brains behind Woodcraft Folk, a volunteer group which encourages children to develop self-confidence and promotes respect for the environment and world peace.
0834: Still plenty of people around in the early morning sunshine as Julie continues her stint. We see a baby in a pushchair, people on a balcony and another group of people walking along with Julie on the pavement. As we turn a corner we hear a group of people chanting "Julie, Julie, Julie...."
0837: All the way from the sunshine city of Los Angeles to the sunshine town of Reading comes the next torchbearer Jake Steinfeld. The 54-year-old has a dance with Julie before taking the flame.
He is the boss of Body by Jake, which aims to make fitness fun through music. He also co-founded the first professional outdoor lacrosse league in the USA, Major League Lacrosse.
And as he lives in LA, it makes sense that Jake try his hand at acting too. He's appeared in films alongside Tom Hanks and Jeff Goldblum as well as providing the voice of a lab rat in the animated hit Ratatouille.
0839: With the revelation that Jake's voice appeared in Ratatouille, what would be an appropriate film for a torchbearer to be in (not Chariots of Fire please!)? Tweet your ideas to us at @BBC2012 or visit our BBC London 2012 Facebook page and we will print the best of them.
0840: Jake finishes with an uphill stretch and hands over to Kathryn Amey with the pair kneeling down holding their torches before the 'torch kiss'.
She works for the charity Caravan, which is also know as the National Grocers' Benevolent Fund and helps people in the grocery industry who have fallen on hard times. To help raise funds for the charity, Kathryn has organised cycle rides, football matches, and mini marathons.
0843: How about this for a tale of rescuing a damsel in distress? Our next runner, Dan Mayer had to rush back home to fix a burst water pipe when his heavily pregnant wife was trapped in the house and unable to stop the leak!
As well as that drama, Dan has been involved with the more sedate affairs of helping with his local church fete and fireworks display.
0845: Those of you with us at the start will know that torchcam was unable to film the beginning of the relay - but we have been sent this picture of torchbearer Ian Harding, one of those we missed, by Nick Herrmann:
0848: Here's a lady with a fair amount of puff now. It's Katharine Dunn, who plays the saxophone and is a backing singer in a local band.
As she runs along we hear a woman shout, presumably to her child: "Oh look, there's the torch."
0849: Here comes James Kemp. He's worked with for the British Red Cross supporting young adults with learning difficulties for several years.
0851: A man more at home on the water is Reading's Ian Willett, who is a senior instruction for the British Canoe Union. Ian has guided two of his trainees all the way to past Olympic Games.
0855: Now we have Keris Dean who has been nominated to carry the Olympic flame by her husband. After the birth of their second child two years ago, Keris was diagnosed with breast cancer and her husband says: "She was amazing and kept everyone positive and focused."
0857: We spot a dog being held in a red lead, a group of people with white smartphones taking photos and hear a cry from someone in the crowd of "Milk it, just milk it" as Keris continues.
0900: Mini drama involving a mini animal during Luisa Fernandez's run, as a member of the torch security team has to jump to avoid tripping over a small dog which has edged out into the road.
0901: Tim Beeston has the Olympic flame now. He's raised £20,000 over the years running marathons for a whole range of charities as well as mentoring young students at a local school in Paddington.
The Abbey School has been impressed by the torch's visit to Reading: "The #torchrelay has really brought #olympic spirit to #Reading! Proud of the town and proud to be #British today!"
0905: The first torchbearer picked up by torchcam today was Joe Gilbert, who took the torch across Reading Bridge, as captured here by Sam Cogan:
0909: And now it's time for the first convoy journey of the day - a short one to another part of Reading.
Some of your film ideas for torchbearers starting to come in (see 0839 entry).
Kelly Beazley suggests the 1981 film Quest for Fire, which is set in prehistoric times, or the 1963 movie The Fire Within, while colleague Christine Jeavans has come up with the 1993 picture Cool Runnings about the Jamaican bobsled team.
How about you - what films are most appropriate for Olympic torchbearers. Tweet us at @BBC2012 or visit our BBC London 2012 Facebook page.
0914: Today's total journey from Reading to Salisbury covers 105 miles and has 120 torchbearers carrying the flame.
The route will go through Theale, Thatcham, Newbury, Basingstoke, Kings Worthy, Winchester, where the convoy will stop for lunch, Andover, Ludgershall, Tidworth, Amesbury, The Winterbournes and finally to Salisbury.
0917: Watch out for a right hook or a jab from our next torchbearer Paul Cooke, who does a Muhammad Ali shuffle as he takes the flame. The 47-year-old is a coach at the Thames Valley Amateur Boxing Club and has seen some of his charges go on to represent their country at international events and sets off to a cry of "Come on Cookie!".
Jules is wondering about the planning of the Reading leg of the relay: "The circuitous route the Olympic torch is taking round #reading is making me laugh @bbc2012 . Shows our hopeless one way system off!"
0920: Paul passes some people waving Reading FC coloured cheerleaders pom-poms.
Hailing from Colombia in South Carolina is 73-year-old Steven Blair. He's a professor of public health at the University of South Carolina, and is regarded as an expert in lifestyle and health research.
He sets off from outside the Berkshire Records Office.
0924: Not sure how she took it but a great aerial shot of the relay crossing Reading Bridge this morning captured by Amy Kate:
0926: Not everybody is enjoying the torch relay as Audrey Hart tells our BBC London 2012 Facebook page: "Why do we never hear adverse comments about the torch relay? Most of the people I have spoken to are indifferent. As I was, but now I am hostile - because of the cost but also because living on the route I cannot get to a hospital appointment today. Bus transport stopped, and local car voluntary transport are unable to get me there. There must be others like me. This must affect taxpayers, businesses and other regular bus travellers. Lots of smiles and cheers?"
0927: Berkshire's Denise Gray is up next. She's involved in helping children in orphanages in India and every year she also raises fund to helps children with HIV and Aids on a beach holiday in Bangkok.
0931: Denise is having a great time on her run - slowing down to wave at every opportunity and relishing every minute of her big moment.
But it is now over as she passes the flame over to Reading local Brian Pinchbeck who recently persuaded his colleagues to walk from Big Ben to Brighton Pier - that's about 55 miles as the crow flies - to raise money for the Helen and Douglas House hospice in Oxfordshire.
0934: The flame moves on to Brenda Heys, who is the chair of the West Berkshire Down's Syndrome group, which provides therapy and fun for children with Down's.
0935: The man who started the relay today was Lee Umpleby - here he is, captured by Katie Noble:
0937: Brenda's two sons, who suffer from Down's Syndrome, run alongside her holding the hands of a member of the torch security team, who then picks one of them up and carries him along the route. The other son is sitll holding her hand tightly and waving a small Union Jack flag with his other hand.
0939: Brenda finishes her run in human convoy mode - she is in a row holding hands with one of her sons, who is holding on to the torch security member who is still holding hands with the other boy.
Brenda now passes on to Sarah Firth. Following the sudden death of her brother, she set up the Sudden Death Support Association in Reading. The bereavement charity has helped over 3,000 people in 17 years.
0943: Like yesterday's regal relay guest - Her Majesty - our next runner Richard Burbedge celebrates two birthdays; the day he was born and the day he was given new life through a lung transplant. Richard was born with cystic fibrosis but has gone on to compete in the British Transplant Games, winning medals in archery and athletics.
0945: A few of you asking on Twitter and Facebook why there are some American runners and not many locals.
A lot of days on the relay have had groups of people from a certain country carrying the flame and today is no exception. But as on each day of the relay, there have also been plenty of people running in their home town or area.
For example of today's first 30 torchbearers, 16 were from Reading or other towns in Berkshire with another half dozen from neighbouring counties.
0946: BBC Radio Berkshire reporter Matt Treacy has just caught up with Torchbearer Sarah Firth's mum (see 0939) on the Bath Road.
She said: "I'm so proud of Sarah, she's raised so much money for the local community and it's brilliant.
"This morning has been unbelievable, we're so, so proud of her and we're all going home to her house now for a party in aid of Marie Curie."
0949: Amy Kunicki has the torch now. The 21-year-old has been volunteering at her local swimming club for the last seven years, helping youngsters and those with learning difficulties improve their confidence in the water. Whilst studying at uni, she also helped out at a local psychiatric hospital. Her ambition is to emulate comedian David Walliams - and swim the Channel one day.
0950: Swindon's Kevin Watson is a foster Dad. Kevin and his family have helped over 25 children, encouraging them to join in with normal family life.
0953: The relay is currently on the A4 Bath Road where the crowd are being encouraged to cheer by the police as you can see in this picture taken by BBC Radio Berkshire's Matt Treacy:
0956: We have an Olympian up next, who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 London Games. Sixty-four years ago, George Weedon represented Team GB in gymnastics and went on to compete at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
George is carrying the flame on the outskirts of the town, where not that many people have turned out to watch him.
1000: A man walking behind George starts waving two huge flags - one a Union Jack and the other Greek national flag.
1003: Here's a coincidence. George's granddaughter is a moden pentathlete and our next torchbearer Richard Phelps was too! In fact, Richard won bronze for Great Britain at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 as well as the 1993 world championship.
And if you were wondering what the modern pentahtlon consists of, well, it's shooting, fencing, 200m freestyle swimming, show jumping and a 3km cross-country run.
1005: The convoy is due into Thatcham in around half an hour, where people are already waiting as Mark's photo shows:
1009: Back into convoy now for another short journey - this time to the old coaching village of Theale.
1013: Just time for an emergency scone here at Torch Relay HQ in London as the relay moves from Reading to Theale - always important to have an emergency cake item at hand.
1016: Here's Gillian Hurley. Since moving to Newbury, she's helped out at the local Cubs pack, cleared scrubland and painted church halls, local community centre and day cares. The torch relay running suit could make decent painting overalls, what do you reckon?
1018: There is a burst of The Cure's Close To You from a local band as Gillian passes the flame to Joe Robinson.
The 21-year-old broke his neck and fractured his skull in a car crash three years ago and has since raised money for the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, where he spent two months recovering after being given a 3% chance of surviving his injuries.
Joe is carrying the flame past a throng of people, school children standing at the front waving flags.
1020: High fives as Joe passes the flame on to Wendy Shaw, who'd normally be running in a much wacky outfit than this. The Reading local made a world record attempt in fancy dress in the London Marathon. Her nomination photograph is a runner in a giant dog costume, we assume this is Wendy in fancy-dress mode!
BBC Radio Berkshire's Claire Gibbard is on Theale High Street and she says it really is a tremendous atmosphere there. It certainly looks like it from the #bbctorchcam stream.
1022: Next we have Kieran Wassell. He has had dyspraxia - a chronic neurological disorder that can affect planning of movements and co-ordination - since childhood but found he was pretty good at cycling and went on to become regional champion at motorbiking for his age up until the age of 11. Now he has reduced his speed by running to raise money for the Dyspraxia Foundation.
A lady with a blue balloon lurches across Kieran's path but he manages to dodge round her and holds his arms aloft as he enjoys his run with the torch.
1026: So it's goodbye to Theale as the lantern is lit. Next stop, Thatcham which is famous for being in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the country.
1027: The BBC's Clare Balding is due to carry the torch in just under an hour - and she is already on the bus with the other torchbearers and their torches. Don't know if her uniform has turned up though (see 0827):
1036: News just in. BBC South weather presenter Reham Khan warns there could be some thundery downpours on the way for the next hour or so of the torch relay.
So if you're out and about watching the flame, take a coat and a brolly with you.
1039: And we are back. Now we have 13-year-old Thom Hogdahl, who has recovered from juvenile arthritis to get back to playing football, athletics and cricket.
Good support here. A shout of "Come on Thom," gets him on his way while school children - surely counting down to their summer hols - are out in force, waving flags and cheering.
1044: We now have a team of 10 torchbearers from one of the relay sponsors. As usual, they will run together swapping the torch at 300m intervals.
The posse jog past a splendid white cottage with a thatched roof and then move on down Bath Road.
1047: Well that was a quick stint there from a mob-handed relay squad. Travelling on the road rather than water now is 19-year-old Olivia Rendle. A keen rower, Olivia has had to endure a spell out of boats because of injury and illness but is determined to take up the sport once again.
There's plenty of encouragment here with shouts of "Come on Ollie."
1049: Expect a performance from our next torchbearer Daniel Maskell. The 40-year-old from Thatcham has been involved with local community musical theatre for more than half his life and also takes part in concerts for charity.
Big cheers as he sets off, though disappointingly no sign of Dan breaking into song just yet.
1055: The traffic lights in Thatcham might be red but that won't stop the Olympic flame.
Next up is 18-year-old Luke Oliver, who, together with some friends, once canoed along the River Thames from Pangbourne to Henley and back again, around 36 miles over two days, to raise money for charity.
He begins his leg with a wave from the local town crier and has a pacesetter in the shape of a cyclist, who is riding along the pavement with a Union Jack flag prodded through the top of their cycle helmet.
1058: We should have a fast leg from 52-year-old John Abbey now. The restaurant owner is a regular runner who has covered the 411 miles from Goring in Oxfordshire to Chablis in France in 10 days to raise money for children's charities.
Let's hope he rewarded himself with a glass of chilled chablis wine at the end of that trek.
1100: And that was a fairly swift leg from John. To the soundtrack of a yapping dog, the Olympic flame is transferred to a miner's leg and the relay is off to Newbury. There you can have a flutter at the racecourse, fish on the River Kennet or hike across the Berkshire Downs.
1104: A small throng has gathered to greet the Olympic flame on the outskirts of Newbury and our first torchbearer Katherine Gale, who is used to carrying important objects in public - she was Team GB's flagbearer at the closing ceremony of this year's Youth Winter Olympics. She plays ice hockey for the GB under-18 team and Bracknell Queen Bees and has also been selected for Britain's senionr team.
Last year she was chosen as the British Olympic Association athlete of the year in her sport.
Always nice to see the boss offering words of encouragement, here's GB women's ice hockey team manager, Anna Walters, who has tweeted: "So proud to see our fab GB #WomensHockey player & @TalentedAthlete Katherine Gale carrying the #OlympicTorch! #SoProud #GoKatherine @BBC2012"
1111: A rather sedate leg from teenager Georgina Sanderson suddenly comes alive with excited chants of "Georgie, Georgie!" She hands over to the second torch relay posse of the day and another 10 runners head off carrying the Olympic flame aloft.
The BBC's Sarah Walker has this update from the streets of Newbury. "It's an unbelievable atmosphere here. A workman in an illuminous tabard has just run past with an inflatable torch. The crowds are five to six deep and people are hanging out of every window I can see here."
Hello to Dan Sloane, who has tweeted: "My kids are out with their school, Speenhamland, to greet the torch in #Newbury today. Watching again on the @BBC2012 #torchcam."
1117: Our next torchbearer is 16-year-old Emma Cope who suffers from a very rare kidney disease. Since she was diagnosed she has raised more than £36,000 for a charity set up to research the condition.
1123: A hug for Emma from BBC Sport presenter Clare Balding, who now has the flame on home turf in Newbury.
Clare is set for a busy few weeks as one of the main presenters of the Olympics coverage - her fourth Games - while she has just finished working at Wimbledon for BBC Radio 5 live.
Clare, whose Dad Ian trained horses in the Newbury area, is also a former head girl of Downe House School,.
1125: There's a rousing reception for Clare, who is jogging at a decent clip through the packed crowds on either side. She's waving to the spectators and they're waving flags right back at her.
1126: Clare hands the flame over to Reg Brindley. No excuses for the 57-year-old to get lost as he was a navigator from 1974 to 2010 in the RAF, where he was also involved with activities like mountaineering, skiing, sailing and shooting. As well as that action man activity, he has worked with youth groups and a local church.
1131: Debbie Jolley sounds like a real hardcore torch fanatic - she tells our BBC London 2012 Facebook page: "Fantastic seeing the torch not once, but twice today - once at Caversham and then on the Bath Road in Reading. Was also privileged to see a 1948 torchbearer with his torch, and to meet one of our Paralympic athletes. That's the third town I've seen the torch in - fantastic to see it and a great atmosphere each time."
Marg Payne has also been watching the torch via torchcam: "Am a Games Maker from Newbury ... have started work at the Rowing Village and LOVING IT! Today is my day off but am loving watching the torch come through my town on the live stream with my feet up!"
1134: We have moved to another part of Newbury now, where there is a rather odd shout-out to the BBC: "You film us, we film you!" Think it was meant in good spirits though.
Meanwhile, a group of builders, replete with hard hats, have downed tools to watch the relay because the Olympic flame is on the move again in the hands of Sarah Chambers, who is a paediatric nurse at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
1137: Sarah is welcomed with several deep toots from a lorry's horn before handing the flame on to fencer Gabby Houseman.
The 17-year-old has competed for Great Britain and also trains other girls at her school in netball and hockey as well as organising an end of year sports dinner.
1140: Gabby's leg brings to a close a jolly relay leg through Newbury. The torch relay team are having elevenses before they get back on the road and head to Basingstoke.
1149: Our torch relay producer Priya Patel, travelling with torchcam on the media vehicle, captured Clare Balding's big moment:
1200: We're back after the break and the flame is with soldier Mark Clyde. The 32-year-old has had several operations after twice being wounded in Afghanistan in 2009, despite his injuries he also helped a colleague who was even more badly wounded.
1202: That's your lot in Newbury, where there has been a superb turnout. Georgina Sanderson (see 1111) was one of the torchbearers and appears in this picture by Edward Balch:
1206: Sean Fergusson has tweeted this photo of the torch-hungry throng in Basingstoke.
Meanwhile, the BBC's Matt Treacy reports: "There's lots of roundabouts on the approach into Basingstoke, so many people have decided to set up their picnic tables and chairs in the middle of those for a decent view."
1214: Speaking of roundabouts, did you know that Basingstoke is nicknamed Doughnut City because there are so many roundabouts in town?
If you fancy some more facts about the Hampshire new town - expanded from an old market town! - then we can tell you that actress and model Liz Hurley was born here and admitted to being a punk on the Basingstoke scene in the Eighties!
The town's sporting connections include being the birthplace of cricket commentator John Arlott, British tennis player Alex Bogdanovic and Man Utd footballer Tom Cleverley.
The route through Basingstoke will take the torch past parts of town that were on the 1948 Olympics torch relay, including the Top of Town and Winchester Street.
1216: The convoy has just passed a sign for Aldermaston, a place more used to walking than jogging. As the home of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, it was the starting or finishing place for many anti-nuclear walks in the 1950s and 60s.
1225: Just one more quick Clare Balding mention from her partner, Radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold, who has tweeted this photo of Clare and commented: "She did it. My heart hurts a little bit with pride. The police outriders were 'hi-fiving' all the kids as they went by. Great atmosphere. For once health and safety didn't get in the way."
1234: Cue cheers in Basingstoke as the torch is taken up by Eric Robinson. Eric has 50 years of experience as a first aider with the St John Ambulance. He is currently in charge of the charity's Hampshire operations.
The relay is passing under blue skies broken up by large cumulus clouds. Almost at cloud level, well nearly, are a group of daring spectators, who have clambered onto the roof of a building for a bird's eye view of the Olympic flame.
1247: A man holding a new-born baby carefully gives a thumbs-up to the torch while a toddler gives a wave from his lofty position from his seat on an adult's shoulders.
And now Charlotte James takes her turn in the relay. Charlotte, who is 32 and from Salisbury, enjoys skiing, acting and horseriding despite having the condition cerebral palsy. She is also an active swimmer, and swam a distance equivalent to the English Channel for charity.
1249: Charlotte began her stint with the torch walking but is now being helped along in her wheelchair by her chaperone. She's enjoying this moment and can't stop smiling - which is just as well as she and the Olympic flame have been papped for posterity by a spectator up a ladder!
1252: Here's a snippet from BBC Radio Solent's Laurence Herdman in Basingstoke: "I don't remember seeing this many Union Jacks since the Silver Jubilee in 1977. There's Union Jack flags, Union Jack wigs, Union Jack top hats. There's also a Spiderman and a Smurf next to each other."
1253: The flame is now with Dr Ethan Bergman from Ellensburg in the USA. He's been nominated for his huge contribution to the field of food science and nutrition.
1255: From Her Maj yesterday to another Maj in Basingstoke, it's 81-year-old Margie Doherty, who until recently helped out with volunteering at the shopmobility in Basingstoke. She has also helped out in numerous other activities in the town including Boy's Brigade, local church and reading with schoolchildren - and learned to use a computer at the age of 70.
Birthday greetings to Zoe Anne Gibson, following the relay via torchcam: "The #torchrelay will pass by my parents house in Winchester shortly. Watching live from Holland hoping to see my birthday banner!"
1259: Margie passed the local fire crew out watching - with two engines each with two firemen standing on top of them - and now comes to the end of her turn. She stops briefly to stand and wave to the huge crowds before continuing on her way.
1303: Proof here of the size of the crowds in Basingstoke courtesy of BBC Radio Solent and BBC Dorset's Loz Herdman: "Basingstoke has gone #torchrelay crazy. Extraordinary crowds. Wow! Look at this"
1304: Margie lights the lantern and it is now a 25-minute journey to Kings Worthy.
1306: Chance to see Margie's big moment in this picture from Kate O'Neill:
1308: BBC Berkshire's Matt Treacy reports: "The Olympic flame has had its 30 mins of fame in Basingstoke. It was really inspiring to see, it seemed like everyone had a camera in the air. It was a really electric atmosphere that brought the community together."
Not long to wait now for Luke Aki: "Beautiful day in #Winchester for the #OlympicTorch relay. Excitement builds, lots of people here!"
The relay is due into Winchester in around 25 minutes.
1319: BBC Radio Solent's Tim Robinson at Kings Worthy reports: "The police are coming fast, tooting their horns in front of the thousands of people, the population is about 4,000 in this town and it looks like everyone is here, including more - as I've met people from Washinghton and Sydney."
1323: We have just arrived in Kings Worthy, where among the crowd is 101-year-old Ellen who told BBC Radio Solent: "It's a wonderful event, a great experience, something I thought I'd never see."
"Big hello to all Princes Mead School Children at Kings Worthy watching torch now." says Paul Ellis.
1326: John Devins sets off wearing bright red trainers - and it seems like the whole village has come out to watch.
1330: We are now on the five-minute journey to Winchester.
1332: We are entering the beautiful cathedral city of Winchester, capital of England from 827AD until just after the Norman Conquest.
As well as its mighty cathedral, the final resting place for Jane Austen and numerous Anglo-Saxon Kings, the town has two imposing statues - one of Alfred the Great outside its historic Guildhall and a horse and rider statue outside the city's law courts, by the noted sculptress Dame Elizabeth Frink.
The city was also the boyhood home of deadpan comedian Jack Dee.
1335: Our first runner here is Maisie Rafferty. The 17-year-old represents Portsmouth at swimming and middle-distance running. She's been a volunteer lifeguard on Southsea Beach for four years.
There's a lively crowd out to welcome Mollie including a gentleman draped in a giant Union Jack.
1339: Sian Wood has the Olympic flame slotted into her wheelchair and she's also sporting another accessory for her stint here - a pair of glamorous sunglasses that Basingstoke's Liz Hurley would be proud of!
Sian is still a very enthusiastic sailor, despite having suffered a severe brain injury in a traffic accident, and attends Sailability sessions in Southampton.
Hello to Mike Hall who has tweeted: "@bbc2012 watching the torch in my home town of Winchester from a hotel room in Salford, home of the BBC!"
1344: Sian receives some support so that she can stand up to pass the Olympic flame on to Brooke Wilkinson. She also receives some cheers from the circling crowd.
Brooke is a budding swimmer from Southampton who excels at endurance events, despite having Type 1 Diabetes. Brooke, 12, recently swam solidly for 45 minutes in a charity swimathon.
1351: Shirley Walters has the Olympic flame now. Dare we say that there are now unbroken blue skies over Winchester as she waves her way through this stint with the torch?
The torch relay is heading to the cathedral but there is an early peel of bells to help Shirley keep time on the way there.
1355: And if he needed any help, our next torchbearer Ben Payne, is jogging over some large arrows daubed on the Winchester asphalt to remind him to face forwards.
1357: Sixteen-year-old Charlotte Towell of Romsey who is running now is going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro next year. She also says her dream is to take part in the Olympic Games.
1359: Our latest torchbearer is 18-year-old Kirstie Nash. Kirstie, who is running through her home city, is a carer for her disabled sister as well as a student. She helps raise money for respite holidays for other carers.
1406: Winchester is packed! Along with the usual cheering from the masses, there is the sound of a lone person cackling in excited laughter.
Here comes retired policeman Phil Blowfield of East Ilsey, Berkshire, with the Olympic flame. Phil combined being village beat officer with running the community's under-15 football team.
He is now walking with both arms held aloft, showing the torch and all-important Olympic flame to the crowd gathered around.
1410: Whatever Phil is saying to the crowd they're loving it. He's stopped for a quick interview on the High Street and swaps high-fives, and eventually the Olympic flame, with our next torchbearer, 39-year-old Jonathan Poole from Berkshire.
He created Bucklebury Wolves Football Club for four-to-ten year olds in his village. No news on whether William or Kate - a.k.a the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - have popped in for a kickaround in Kate's home town.
1412: Now custodianship of the flame passes to Terriann Clarkstone. Terriann became an enthusiastic charity fundraiser after a friend's husband was diagnosed with cancer.
Meanwhile, watching in a virtual world is Ben Smith, who says on Twitter: "Watching the Olympic torch relay going through Winchester while at the office in London; but will I be able to spot the wife! @bbc2012"
1419: Spencer Whatmore winds up his arm before high-fiving Andrew Bennett, who then gives him the Olympic flame. Spencer pats his heart, presumably with pride, before he heads off for his relay stint. He's the last man on the route in Windsor.
1424: Good afternoon to Rick Adams. He's tweeted: "@BBC2012 Watching my hometown of Winchester from Washington DC! Well done BBC! Now I don't feel so homesick! Hi Mum & Dad!!!"
1425: The torch relay team are taking a spot of lunch in Winchester in the grounds of Osborne School, a special school near the heart of the city. Your early team of Ian Westbrook and Sarah Holt are about to leave the building bleary-eyed while Mike Hirst is the man on hand this afternoon.
1507: We're back on the road with torchbearers after the lunch-break and Tracy Shaw is wending her way throught he sun-strewn streets of Winchester.
1510: An emotional leg here: torchbearer Selina Shawney is running in the place of her late husband Sandeep, who sadly died of a rare form of cancer called Ewing's Sarcoma last year.
Despite a protracted battle with the condition, Sandeep found time to work as a volunteer in a local charity shop.
1514: A big crowd mills around the torch relay convoy as the Olympic flame is popped back in to a lantern for the convoy stint to Andover, where we're due to arrive in 20 minutes. It's SO GOOD to see the sun shining!
1530: As we near Andover, a chance to update you on a one-off concert by the BBC Wiltshire Decibels in Salisbury's Hudson Field today.
The set-list included: Singing in the Rain, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Any Dream Will Do, I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing, and With a Little Help with my Friends.
Ahead of the show, Choirmaster Grenville Jones said: "We are the best organised choir the world has ever seen. We're ready to sing our little socks off.
"We've had one rehearsal in Melksham but the sun's shining and we're going to sing four or five songs with an Olympic theme."
Looking good, team!
1533: After a scenic route through mid-Hampshire, the torch arrives at the old market town of Andover.
Andover is the home of Twinings Tea and Stannah Stairlifts but also 60s garage rockers The Troggs, of Wild Thing fame.
In Victorian times, the Andover Workhouse scandal inspired Dickens to write Oliver Twist.
1535: Local charity worker James MacDonald gets the relay up and running on home turf.
The 64-year-old serves up Christmas dinner to the homeless, organises an annual charity runs and jogs weekly with a friend who has dementia to help him with his condition.
1540: There's a brief sponsor stop here, at the offices of a major high street bank... While we're waiting to get back on the road, a torchbearer narrative for you:
One of the late torchbearers on Tuesday was BBC head of major sport events, Dave Gordon, who has written this account of his big moment.
1546: Ahead of today's cauldron-lighting celebration in Salisbury's Hudson Field, BBC Wiltshire tweets that "hundreds of people are milling around, getting very busy, loads of young children with balloons".
Let's get this party started! The Olympic flame is due to arrive at the venue around 1845.
1606: Bringing the Olympic flame past people in fat suits and our sponsor stop is local man, Mike Dunham. He's a coach and fundraiser at the local Andover athletics club.
1610: People are leaning out of first-floor windows and standing on walls to get a better vantage point for photos - there are children on shoulders and smiles on sun-strewn faces. For once brollies are being used as parasols rather than to ward off the rain!
1611: #bbctorchcam has just taken a back-route as the Olympic flame makes its way towards Andover's High Street.
Running with the torch now is a woman after our own hearts at BBC Torch HQ. Sarah Francis is a keen cake baker and also organises big hair days for charity. Bring on the beehive and soft-rock perm!
1614: And here's why #bbctorchcam can't get into those tight squeezes...
1616: Making a good pace with the torch here is Jack Weatherley.
The 12-year-old has been nominated to carry the Olympic flame because he's an enthusiastic pupil at Forest School in Winnersh whether it's on or off the sports field.
1618: Taking it easy with the Olympic flame is Sophie Piper. The 17-year-old has been caring for her mother for the last five years.
We're told Sophie tries to do her homework during her break times so that she has more free time to spend with her family at home.
1623: As Chloe Nash-ingram takes the torch, BBC Wiltshire reporter Annie Weston is at Ludgershall, the first place the Olympic flame will visit when it comes into Wiltshire in the next half-hour, and says there are already children waving their union flags.
"We wait with trepidation," she says. "The crowds are starting to build so we will certainly have a moment to enjoy."
1625: Wave those flags, Andover! Union Jacks, Olympic Rings, green and blue streamers - it's all good!
1627: Setting off at a rocketing pace there is a 12-year-old who feels happier on ice than off it.
Danielle Harrison says she has a passion to ice-skate, so much so that she trains six or seven times a week! She is coached in Dundee and Basingstoke and is ranked 2nd in the UK for her age group.
Watch out Jayne Torvill!
1629: Big things are expected of our next torchbearer, Kylan Nieh from California.
The 19-year-old's nomination says he's "someone who you just know is going to change the world."
In the meantime, Kylan has organised food drives for the homeless, blood donations and fundraising for a charity for the victims of domestic violence.
And he hands his torch to a member of the torch security team so he can do a series of somersaults on the street before side-kicking his way through Andover. Think that must be our most athletic bit of torchbearing yet!
1632: As William Stevenson takes up the flame with a reverent kneel of a torch kiss with Kylan, a big hello to #bbctorchcam afficionado Damien Davis, who tweets ahead of his torchbearing leg in Ludgershall: "On the Olympic Bus! Not long to go now! @BBC2012 #TeamLudgershall #TorchRelay"
1638: The Olympic flame enters Wiltshire in convoy mode before being carried through the village of Ludgershall.
Like much of north Wilts, this area abounds with military activity and Ludgershall is home to a regiment of the Royal Engineers.
1646: First up in Ludgershall is Jake Perry, 15, who was born with a serious genetic disorder that requires he take medication five times a day.
Despite that, jake achieved his black belt in Karate at the age of 13! He recently returned to school after major heart surgery. And he's showing a lot of heart running with the Olympic flame - well done Jake!
1650: As BBC Wilts' Annie Martin points out in Ludgershall: "We are ahead of schedule. Lots of people have come out.
"It's a very exciting day for everyone here. Wiltshire is doing itself proud again. The sun has come out!"
1651: After his wife lost her fight with breast cancer last year, torchbearer Nick Simon was left to care for their two very young children.
Whilst dealing with their grief and confusion as well as his own, he has raised money for the local Hospice and Cancer Research by competing in two open-water swims, a half marathon and two triathlons.
Last August, he completed a Solent swim from the Isle of Wight to the mainland, raising £5,000 for Simon Says - a local charity that supports children and young people in Hampshire who have a relative or friend who has died or is dying.
1654: The town-crier rings his bell as we greet our next torchbearer with three cheers!
We saw a shot of his from the torchbearer bus earlier, and now here he is in person: Damien Davis, 36, from Cricklade, set up Team Wayne in memory of a friend's son, Wayne, who died of Leukaemia in January - he has since raised more than £10,000 for Leukaemia Research.
Damien is also a #bbctorchcam afficionado - it's great to see him get his moment to shine!
1700: Damien carries his flame past some parked-up members of the Royal Engineers in Ludgershall - what better way to view the torch relay than from a camouflaged MOD vehicle - and is greeted by big cheers at the end of his run.
Next up is Brockenhurst Doctor Derek Browne, 68, who introduced the idea of Exercise on Prescription from his General Practice in 1983.
He ran the London marathon in 1983, raising more than £34,000 to buy Brockenhurst Village hall from Hampshire County Council, aiming to use it to improve general health in the village.
The village was recognised in 2009 as the second best place in the country to grow old, and Dr Browne's community work has been cited as a factor.
1704: As the torch is popped back into a lantern for the short drive down the A3026 to Tidworth, thanks to Mark Smith who has tweeted this picture of Damien Davis running through Ludgershall.
Mark tweets: "The Torch comes into Ludgershall - must go have torch to chase..." Good action shot!
1707: More top local knowledge here from our resident Wiltshire expert Andy Sully: Tidworth is a community dominated by the presence of the British military. It is the appropriate birthplace of former Army officer, singer James Blunt.
1710: First up with the torch in Tidworth is Alex Urbach who, at the age of just 16, is the founder & executive director of Giving from the Ground Up.
We're told he is also a gifted filmmaker, making animated healthcare videos.
One of the spectators there was clearly caught mid-hairdo and still had her curlers in. Nice look!
1711: Torchbearer Geraldine McKibbin, 56, set up the charity Global Give Back Circle with a group of girlfriends five years ago.
The charity aims to support disadvantaged girls in Kenya, encouraging them to attend high school, achieve a qualification and become economically self-sufficient.
1716: Thomas Toolan, 32, was left paraplegic after a fall in Switzerland in 2009, but we're told he has worked hard ever since to live an independent life in Swindon.
The person who nominated Tom said that such is his attitude to life that he was asked by the Midlands Centre for Spinal Injuries to return to the unit to meet newly injured patients, "helping them to appreciate how rich life can be post injury".
Big cheers from Tom's family and friends as he passes by.
"It was so exciting!" one of his friends tells BBC Wiltshire. "I think he feels like a pop star now - he's going to sell his autograph on ebay!"
1717: What does it feel like to run with the Olympic flame? Ask a torchbearer!
Damien Davis tweets: "That was the single best thing I have done ever! It doesn't even need a hashtag."
Fine work, sir.
1719: Some story this: While recovering from a spine operation just weeks earlier, David Timms rescued two women who were trapped in a car which had plunged 40ft from a bridge onto the road below.
Despite wearing a restrictive back brace, he climbed down the embankment & after calling the emergency services, managed to pull one of the women free of the wreckage & kept the other woman conscious in the car whilst they waited for the ambulance & firebrigade to arrive.
Let's hope for no RTAs on the 62-year-old's relay stint this afternoon!
1723: Wiltshire's cranking up the enthusiasm this evening. BBC Wiltshire's Ashley Heath in Tidworth says: "It's a crazy scene here in Tidworth. It's a busy traffic jam for a very different reason. There are thousands of people here."
Meanwhile, the crowds are gathering up ahead in Hudson's Field, Salisbury, where BBC Wiltshire's Lee Stone says the torch "has enabled people in our community to have for one moment become superstars".
1525: Pipers, a brass band and troops are out to pay their respect to the Olympic flame in Tidworth.
Meanwhile, ahead of this evening's Hudson's Field gig, Councillor John Collier, Mayor of Salisbury, tells the BBC: "Today it is absolutely fantastic.
"Swindon apart, Salisbury is the largest city in Wiltshire. I think 2012 is going to be a year a lot of people remember. This is a special day in the living memory in the 20th Century."
And possibly the 21st Century as well, Mayor Collier.
1728: The relay moves back into convoy mode as the Olympic flame heads for Amesbury.
The small town is the destination for many tourists on their way to nearby Stonehenge (which the torch will visit at dawn tomorrow).
It has also been home to generations of test pilots who have worked for the Aircraft and Armament Evaluation Establishment at nearby Boscombe Down.
1733: There are excited crowds up ahead.
Becky Rhind-Tutt, former Mayoress of Amesbury, tells the BBC: "I feel absolutely wonderful. Everybody is really in to this now, it's amazing.
"The atmosphere is fantastic. We've got bunting out, we've got the flags out and we've got the wine on ice."
1742: There are more troops out on the streets of Amesbury to greet the Olympic flame - with one soldier carrying a baby. Could there be a more touching sight?!
A woman carrying her dog, in contrast, is slightly more comic.
1745: An easy stint here for Julian Chalmers, 47, who raised nearly £6,000 for the NSPCC running the London marathon in 2009 and 2010.
He's holding the flame high for the benefit of the people at the back of the six-deep crowd as well.
1748: The torch relay is almost bang on schedule as Ben Wicks, 18, from Bournemouth, takes up the flame.
Ben volunteers with the Bath Community Foundation in running an after-school sports club for children with disabilities. We're told he was awarded the chairman's sport award 2010 disability sports volunteer.
1753: As we head in convoy for the Winterbournes, a big hello to all our colleagues on Lee Stone's Drive show at BBC Wiltshire.
The team is giving a great audio commentary on today's relay action, with colour from Media 1 (that's the horse box to us), as well as spectator and torchbearer interviews from reporters lining the route. And the latest travel and weather info... Have a listen.
Hi also - and big thanks - to the reporters pulling together material for us throughout the day - Kate Wakefield, Joe Lumley, Bethany Rose. Top work pulling all of the action together.
1757: One of the headline acts at this evening's cauldron-lighting celebration in Hudson's Field are the dance duo Twist and Pulse, made famous for their body-popping on Britain's Got Talent.
"There'll be lots of crowd interaction today," Twist - or is it Pulse? - tells BBC Wiltshire's Lee Stone.
"There'll be a few surprises, so it'll be good. Let's do this!"
They get on stage to warm up the crowds, high-fiving spectators, and Lee says that as the crowds have grown the light has dimmed: "The lights on the fairground rides are starting to show."
Fingers crossed that doesn't mean there's rain on the way!
1759: The torch is now in the scenic Winterbournes: Three idyllic villages Winterbourne Dauntsey, Winterbourne Earls and Winterbourne Gunner that line the River Bourne valley.
First up with the flame here is Amelia Clifford.
1802: Torchbearer Neil Mawdsley has developed something of a parents fan-club at the primary school where he is deputy head due to his commitment to a number of sports clubs.
The primary school has an impressive trophy cabinet as in the last year the school has won seven district titles, two county titles, (making appearances in two further county finals), one regional title and the girls Kwik cricket team have finished third in the national finals three times in the last four years.
Neil's certainly getting a hero's welcome from the kids lining the streets!
1805: An interesting aside from the latest torch relay action as Caroline Hurley takes up the torch.
After all the troops we've seen lining the route today, the BBC has learnt that the Armed Forces are to step in to provide up to 3,500 troops to help with Olympic security amid fears that the private contractor G4S would not be able to provide enough trained staff in time.
Maybe they should employ some of the guys in grey for extra security duties! They'll certainly be fit enough after running up to 20 miles a day with the relay.
1807: Heads up! Andy Allman is a volunteer coach at Alderbury Football Club, having coached the under 10's, Under 11's, Under 12's and Under 13's - leading many teams to league and cup wins over the years.
1809: The BBC's Jonathan Fido in the Winterbournes says that as well as the screaming crowds with cameras at the ready, the local bus stop has been beautifully decorated with some Olympic rings.
Meanwhile, BBC Wiltshire's Lee Stone says the noise levels have gone up in Hudson's Field, where "a sea of people" have now gathered.
Not long to wait now, folks!
1810: Woah there, boy in the red T-shirt trying to get a close-up shot of the Olympic flame - don't try and breach that security bubble or the Torch Security Team will, ahem, encourage you to move aside. Briskly.
1812: One last convoy section here as the Olympic flame heads for the A30 and the day's final destination, Salisbury.
1814: As we approach Salisbury, there are conflicting emotions about the Hudson's Field event.
Alan MacRae tweets this picture and says: "Huge crowd enjoying the entertainment at Hudsons Field."
Meanwhile, Tom Marlow tweets: "Am i missing anything at Hudsons Field? Thought not #torchrelay #boreoff."
There's no pleasing some people...
1818: And so we arrive in the second cathedral city of the day, Salisbury.
Salisbury's cathedral is noted for having the tallest spire in the UK (404ft) and for being the home of the late Prime Minister, Edward Heath.
The city owes its existence to an ecclesiastical row in the 13th Century, which led a bishop to abandon the former settlement at Old Sarum and found the city on its current site.
Today is the Flames second visit here, it was on the relay route in 1948.
1820: A brave pair of runners here in the form of brothers Henry and Thomas Futcher, who are 12 and 14 respectively, who are nominated by their grandmother.
Four years ago, both their parents were diagnosed with cancer: Dad with a brain tumour; Mum who was 6 months pregnant, with breast cancer. Dad had major brain surgery and radiotherapy. Mum a masectomy and gave birth prematurely to start chemo and radiotherapy. She was rediagnosed in 2010.
Both boys are described as incredibly loving towards their younger brother Freddie.
First up is Henry - he'll pass the flame to Tom.
1825: Keeping on the right side of the law is our next runner Simon Browning, 56, who has raised thousands of pounds for local charities as a member of the Salisbury Round Table.
He served twice as a school governor for two different schools for 16 years and for the past 20 years he has sat as a magistrate on the South East Wiltshire Bench.
1828: Lifting that torch is no problem for power lifter Lee Steggles, 49, one one of Salisburys sporting ledgends.
She started her in her first sport of judo at the age of 13, achieving her black belt at 16.
She competed at international level and went on to teach and run Salisbury judo club for many years.
Lee is more well known for her achivements in her choosen sport of power lifting, winning British, European and six world titles in a record-breaking career.
She won Salisbury journal Sports woman of the year for three years running (2003-2005).
1832: "Lots of people are craning their necks and waving their flags for the torch," says Cheryl Dennis on Salisbury's Churchill Way.
"It really is very exciting when these motorbikes come round the corner but no torch yet."
1836: And after the beautiful sunshine today, it's almost like #bbctorchcam has run into technical difficulties to avoid bringing you shots of the rain which is now coming down in Salisbury!
We'll try and get those pictures back as soon as possible.
1838: Nice line from BBC Wiltshire's Lee Stone there: As Dolly Parton once said, if you want to see a rainbow you've got to put up with the rain!
Apparently there's a beautiful rainbow framing Hudson's Field.
1844: We're back with the runners and keeping a straight line here is Ben Walton, 36, who runs a dry-cleaning business in Andover.
He has been fundraising for 20 years including spending 24 hours pressing trousers at £1 each, or ironing on the roof of the local guild hall.
In 2007, Ben's son was born Zac 11 weeks premature with cerebral palsy. No incubators were free at the local baby unit, so Zac was born in Southampton Hospital.
Ben made a promise to fund an incubator for the neo-natal unit in Winchester. So far, he has raised £9,000 through a variety of events, the most notable being a 60-hour non-stop ironing marathon at Andover's Asda supermarket.
Ben received a Pride of Andover award in 2008. He is a keen Round Tabler, and Coaches Streets Ahead, a football club for disabled children. Now that's civil service.
1847: We're moments away now... As the day's peultimate runner Robert Hardy takes his moment (IN THE SUNSHINE!), this just in from BBC Wiltshire's Lee Stone at Hudson's Field:
"The rain has stopped, it was just a brief shower. The breeze has dropped. Flags are fluttering slightly. It feels like everyone is holding their breath waiting for the torch. It's a little eerie."
1852: What an honour for the day's final torchbearer, Dolly Burnett, 49.
She has worked with children in her professional and voluntary capacity since leaving school in the late 1970s. Initially working in pre-schools, she then went on to run a pre-school in Salisbury. About 15 years ago, Dolly started out offering respite care to a physically and mentally handicapped three-year-old child, Rachel and she has been with her ever since being brought up alongside Dolly's two children.
Dolly set up a new youth club which has grown from humble beginnings to a new purpose-built facility that was opened a year ago. She's taking her moment to wave at the crowd with the Olympic flame outside Hudson's Field.
1859: The weather has held off as Dolly makes her way towards the stage to light the cauldron. Sadly #bbctorchcam's horse box cannot go with her, so we're going to end our live commentary there.
Thanks for following today's torch relay coverage with the BBC. It's been great to have you with us.
Be sure to call back tomorrow as the Olympic flame takes in the World Heritage Site of prehistoric Stonehenge, and travels via the Jurassic Coast to the first 2012 Games venue to be completed - sailing's Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour.
Until then.
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