Lets hope we make the most of it and have a night to remember
Sadly i wont be around for this event im washing my hair june , july and aug!
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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such a disapointment,dover could have done more to secure it for a day or two.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
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I suspect that Dover made lots of representations to be the start point - but lets be grateful that at least we got it whichever leg of the relay it is
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Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Indeed Ross, I was really pleased to hear that at least we have got it here
Lets hope that Dover does it proud making it a brilliant memory for all of Dover to enjoy
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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many more places will not see the torch than see it.
a great cause for celebration for us, plus the town will be on the news bulletins when it arrives.
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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This is good news and I know that some sort of celebration is in the melting pot already
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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In the cauldron, even, Jan!!
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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This is excellent news, even Canterbury failed to host the torch - they are understandably miffed in their local papers.
At the risk of stirring an old controversy, I wonder if the big telly played a factor in the decision to choose Dover? Canterbury turned down the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games's offer of a screen, but Dover accepted. A positive result?
For interest:
http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/where-is-the-olympic-flame-going/dover.phpUnregistered User
You have it accurately assessed Phil.
Watty
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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Bit misleading of the site to show a picture of Sandwich.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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They are being very PC Jan, if you leave the page up it alternates between Sandwich, Deal pier and the White Cliffs.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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So it does, I should have stayed longer, I hope that any visitor is not misled by the pretty pictures of Deal and Sandwich thinking they are (from the other thread) "pinched and shabby" Dover.
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Not sure why it goes to Maidstone after here , Canterbury would have been my choice .
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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has to be spread all over the country, we are lucky to have two kent towns represented.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Found this funny article on the Olympic torch route...
The Olympic torch route to be announced later today is set to include some of the UK's most fearsome rat-infested "toilets".
The epic voyage will kick off near Lands End with the first runner making repeated circuits of a potholed car park near the area's Visitor Centre, leaping over the litter and discarded prophylactics.
The torch will then make its way towards Exeter where it will stop off at a rescue centre for victims of illegitimate inter-familial relations.
During the 70-day torch relay, it is expected to pass through a number of crime hotspots such as Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Newcastle, but will avoid Manchester due to the heavy odour of smugness, and the strong likelihood that the flame will be put out by the weather.
A search for 8,000 "inspirational torchbearers" will begin at 1100 BST, and will include anyone who has struggled to hold down a job this last year without succumbing to the urge to shoot their boss in the face at close range before turning the gun on themselves in some kind of dramatic standoff with the police.
Organisers said the route would also include visits to inhospitable areas such as Guernsey, Jersey, Shetland, Orkney and the Isle of Man, where the torch will be used in a ritual sacrifice-cum-exorcism of a 16 year-old boy accused of homosexuality.
Sebastian Coe, chairman of Organising Committee LOCOQ, said, "The Olympic Flame will shine a light right across every region of the UK, and showcase the triumph of the human spirit over electronic tagging and a dusk-till-dawn police curfews."
Hugh Robertson, minister for sport and the Olympics, said the relay would "bring London 2012 to the doorsteps of the UK, giving everybody the chance to witness some local busybody given the chance to show just how important they think they are."
Robertson added, "On the plus side, I can confirm that Bracknell is definitely not on the tour, despite being officially recognised as a shithole in 1972."
Marek
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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makes you feel proud to be british, no other nation could reach such heights.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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no howard it wants to make you throw up and leave the country.