A full dress rehearsal for the London 2012 Olympics torch relay has got under way.
Some
122 participants from Leicestershire were acting as torchbearers during
the only full operational dummy run of a single day of the relay.
The
actual torch relay will start from Land's End in Cornwall next month
after the arrival of the Olympic flame in the UK on May 18.
The
rehearsal, taking place on the Leicester to Peterborough route, is aimed
at testing timings, convoy movement, radio communications, traffic
management and security. The torch will not be lit during the rehearsal,
the organisers said.
The actual Olympic flame will pass through
1,018 places in the UK, as well as visiting Dublin, arriving in London
for the Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 27.
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