Olympic torch goes through Burnley UK

Had an early start this morning. Into school for 8:30 to load the minibus up with a selection of our adapted bicycles and our wheelchair for inclusive/zone basketball. Then off into the town centre to set up ready for the Olympic Torch.

Every other Saturday myself and 4 other staff go down to school between 9 and 12 and give people, pupils from school and the general public, the opportunity to use the adapted bicycles and we though as its a special day we would take them into town and let the general public see that this activity is available and how much fun it can be. I decided to take the wheelchairs for inclusive basketball down too as I am going to help start a team for east Lancashire in the next few months so thought it would be nice to introduce people to them too. They went down a storm! everyone loved them and the beauty is able bodied people and disabled people can compete together on the same level playing field.

We didn't have a bad position, right outside Burnley Library.....





Managed to get a quick wrist shot before the crowds arrived!



The coca cola bus was giving out some nice commemorative Olympic aluminium bottles which I took a picture of and a slightly better wrist shot of the 26 whilst I moved the minibus.



It wasn't long before we had quite a crowd...



After about an hour and a half we got the message that the torch was 10 minutes away so we all moved over to the official route to watch the torch pass.





And there is was!

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Was amazed at how emotional it was.

Had a chance meeting with a certain Aitor Throup too, he was there with his daughter and Mum and Dad so had a bit of a chat with him and arranged to go for a bevvy with him this week and discuss a possible sale of my CP Company transformables to him (paranoid) he's been pestering me for years to buy them off me.

All in all a very good morning, everyone enjoyed themselves fingers crossed we have found some decent talent for our Inclusive Basketball team :ok: