Olympic torch: Flame crosses Windermere on steam boat he Olympic flame boarded the historic steam boat Tern The primary role of the Torch Security Team runners - seen here in grey - is to protect the continuity of the flame, and so to protect both torch and torchbearer TST Olympic torch relay
Olympic torch A flotilla joined the Olympic Torch as it was carried on a steamboat across Lake Windermere tonight. It made its 122-mile journey from the Robert Burns statue in Dumfries to finish in Bowness-on-Windermere ahead of a spectacular firework and dance party which is part of the London 2012 Festival. Olympic torch: Flame crosses Windermere on steam boat 22 June 2012 The Olympic flame has been carried on a steam boat on Windermere in the Lake District on day 34 of the torch relay. The relay started in Dumfries at the Robert Burns Statue, built to honour the famous Scottish poet. The Olympic flame boarded the historic steam boat Tern at Waterhead Pier to travel across to Bowness-on-Windermere. In one of the largest spectacles ever seen in the Lake District, the flame crossed the lake escorted by a hundred other vessels. An estimated five thousand people lined The Glebe, in Bowness-on-Windermere, to watch as torch-bearer Stephanie Booth
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Location: Bowness on Windermere The Lake District Cumbria England Untied Kingdom Great Britain UK GB
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