The activities stretch over most of the summer, from a ten-week torch relay beginning on May 19th to the closing ceremony of the Paralympics on September 9th.

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The organizers have overcome a logistical challenge to ensure the Olympic Flame traveled within an hour of 95% of people in the UK, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey during the 70-day Torch Relay.

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Their torch relay allowed difference-makers in their communities to earn the privilege of carrying the torch.

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Olympic torchbearers will have to pay if they want the ultimate souvenir of the relay - their own torch.

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During the two-month, countrywide Olympic torch relay many local car parks have offered spaces free to avoid clogging streets.

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The torch will be taken on a 130-day journey around the world in what is said to be the longest torch relay in Olympic history.

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Post-war, for the 1948 London Olympics, organisers embraced the idea of the torch relay.

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The Commonwealth Games may come second to the Olympics when it comes to the world's biggest multi-sports events, but the baton relay is actually far more extensive than the torch relay.

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