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The Queens Baton Relay arrives in Market Bosworth on it`s tour of the country ahead of the Commonwealth games in Birmingham. Having previously followed the relay in Leicester City Center I followed it to the village of Market Bosworth where we see the relay pass a Primary School with pupils waving flags they have made. Following the Baton Bearers along Station Road and into the square in the center of the village, we are met by hundreds of spectators cheering and clapping the baton as it passes through and onto the country park on the edge of the village. Keep a look out for a cameo from Perry the Bull mascot of the games !.

The Queen's Baton Relay, part of the run up to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games visits Leicester. We start in Green Dragon Square as the relay runners arrive before following them though the streets of Leicester. The baton passes well known city landmarks like the clock tower and the Cathedral before arriving to cheers and a round of applause in Jubilee square where it is met by crowds eager to see the baton.

On 29th May 2012 the Olympic Torch Relay reached its highest point visiting the summit of Mt Snowdon in Wales. The Torch was carried to the summit aboard a Snowdon Mountain Railway steam engine with the Everest mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington who then carried the flame the final few meters to the summit of the mountain cheered by an enthusiastic crowd of supporters waving welsh and union jack flags. The Steam engine and its precious cargo then travelled back down the mountain to continue its journey to London for the 2012 Olympic Games.