The Olympic torch going past me!

[Matthew_T]

Watch this: http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/video/live.html

It is a live feed of where the torch is. It is currently heading into Rhos-on-Sea and will shortly be going towards Rhyl.
I am going to meet up with it at Abergele and get a bit of footage on my helmet cam.

It is going past Llandrillo college at 11.40am so keep an eye out at about 1pm for me.

 

[rich p]

See if you can get them to light your roll-up.

 

[Matthew_T]

See if you can get them to light your roll-up.

I dont smoke sorry.

 

[rich p]

I dont smoke sorry.

Bladdy students!!!

Next you'll be telling me that you attend lectures and don't crawl home in the gutter!

 

[Matthew_T]

Bladdy students!!!

Next you'll be telling me that you attend lectures and don't crawl home in the gutter!

This part is incorrect.

After a long ride, I am exausted so go at my own pace and generally nearer the kerb than if I had fresh legs.

 

[Keith Oates]

Thanks for the info on the Live Feed. I've watched it for a while out here and glad to see there is some sunshine to make the crowds happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Matthew_T]

Well I only caught myself on reviewing the footage about 2 or 3 times. Once in Rhyl near the Blue Bridge where I had to stop and you can see my wheels, and another in Rhuddlan at the start, I turn right at a junction and head onto the cycle path.
In Rhuddlan I jumped infront of it, and everyone was cheering me as I went past. It cracked me up.

 

[Archie_tect]

In Rhuddlan I jumped infront of it, and everyone was cheering me as I went past. It cracked me up.

Lucky the Met minders didn't spot you.

 

[Matthew_T]

I really like your topic, looks great

I am going to put a video together, but for the majority of the time I was behind the whole thing with the normal traffic. So just the hightlights of when it passed me and when I passed it wil be in there.

Plus I am going to make a seperate vid of the people who noticed the camera on my head.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I've been chasing the torch round Shropshire today. Report here.

I'm impressed with how many people turned out to see it. It's nice to have something that brings people together for a change.

I'm fairly sure that I got on camera at least twice (probably more) but obviously I couldn't see it myself. My friend who couldn't get the time off but sneakily kept tabs on it at work says he saw me when the convoy overtook at Cross Houses.

 

[sheddy]

Oh hail the Flaming Cheese Grater !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Matthew_T]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuNbq5MvODY&feature=g-upl


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlIoGQS5FVE&feature=g-upl

 

[Plax]

I never bothered with it, but the fella watched it when it went to Bangor. He said the camera men were prepping people when to cheer and stuff which I thought was quite sad and made me even more glad I didn't go. The traffic would have wound me up as well. They'd closed several roads off and I'm getting awfully cantankerous in my old age.