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06-07-2012, 09:51
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Still raining in Essex
The team are having a tea break............just about to get underway again in the rain. Crowd still lining both sides of the road under umbrellas I've had a couple of days off.......... |
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06-07-2012, 10:09
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Hi,
I was going to go today in Basildon. If it carries on with this downpour I probably won't! Hope it fines up! Cheers, karen |
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06-07-2012, 10:32
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I think you might be lucky with the weather.........the rain appears to be moving northwards and there's still a few hours before basildon !
It appears to have stopped raining now as there's no umbrellas up on the side of the road.......... We're in Rayleigh..........then it's on into Southend-on-Sea Southend is a very interesting place........people think of it as a seaside resort and it does have the longest pleasure pier in the world at approx one and a third miles long............however it';s also a big town (pop 165,000), it's the 7th most densely populated area in the country outside of London, and 5 of it's wards are counted as amongst the 10% most deprived areas in the country............. |
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06-07-2012, 10:45
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Now we've got a team of 9 runners
I wonder who got the contract to make all the white uniforms and how much the runners are paying for them........... Somebody is making a bomb !............... 
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06-07-2012, 13:31
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Leaving Southend on Sea now and bearing down on Hadleigh Farm for the torches first non Football venue visit.
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06-07-2012, 16:19
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Back on Torch Relay duty after a break yesterday
 Now in Basildon.......'Reach Out, Touch Faith'
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06-07-2012, 16:28
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Plenty of whistles being blown in Basildon......and i think somebody's brother is running with the Flame
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06-07-2012, 16:39
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We've lost a Touchbearer.......
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06-07-2012, 16:42
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.........the sun is now out..............makes a big difference !
Still milling around waiting to sort out the lost torchbearer |
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06-07-2012, 16:58
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convoy to Grays..........we're coming to within a hundred yards or so of the River Thames before turning round and heading north again
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06-07-2012, 17:05
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Arrived in Grays........
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06-07-2012, 17:39
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Welcome back, I thought you'd gone
 We were meant to do a rehearsal for our Olympic Opening Ceremony today but the heavens stayed open, keep your finger crossed we have a nicer day Monday. Cardboard torch is at the ready and our relay will be around the playground..........and no torch cam Convoy time
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06-07-2012, 17:39
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Hi,
went and saw you in Basildon! I waved for the camera - feeling daft like everyone else! Saw 2 torchbearers - blonde woman ran it to the Sporting Village, and a bloke ran it from there into the town centre. Cheers, Karen |
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06-07-2012, 17:59
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Hope Monday is better. Got drenched in Nottingham today. Glad it wasn't last Friday
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06-07-2012, 18:11
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Brentwood....final stop before Chelmsford.....expectant crowds....and a big cheer goes up
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06-07-2012, 18:23
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Came in at on the way to Herongate. Is it a weeks since the torch was with you??? Cheers Cray, the children have made loads of stuff and learned songs for various countries. Wow this is busy |
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06-07-2012, 18:24
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The pictures went and then came back again. Big turnout in Brentwood.
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06-07-2012, 18:26
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Three weeks today is the Opening Ceremony
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06-07-2012, 18:34
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Better than Todd Carty from a few years ago I suppose  Omg it will be yes Time does indeed fly, I'm noping the next 2 weeks zoom by Off to Chelmsford |
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06-07-2012, 19:25
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Loads of people in Chelmsford (BBC) have come out to see a flame.
Chelmsford must be pretty boring then. |
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06-07-2012, 19:45
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Maybe they want to enjoy the atmosphere? Or see people who have accomplished so much in their life or for their community enjoy their moment of fame? Or enjoy the entertainment that is put on in the evening to celebrate the relay? People like different things
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06-07-2012, 20:43
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Torch route for tomorrow (07/07/2012) :
Day 50: Chelmsford to Cambridge 06:52am Chelmsford 07:57am Harlow 08:26am Waltham Abbey 08:46am Waltham Cross 10:12am Hertford 10:38am Ware 11:14am Bishop's Stortford 11:55am Stansted Mountfitchet 12:16pm Newport 12:37pm Saffron Walden 13:06pm Duxford Airfield 14:39pm Haverhill 15:39pm Bury St Edmunds 17:29pm Newmarket 18:06pm Cambridge |
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06-07-2012, 22:04
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Olympic Torch 2012 - Met Police Officer Abusing the Law
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06-07-2012, 22:26
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07-07-2012, 07:55
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BBC ticker.
BREAKING NEWS: The torch relay has come to a halt after a collision on road just in front of the relay vehicles. http://i46.tinypic.com/24bqgt2.png |
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