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| Olympic torch: DJ Chris Moyles gets "buzz" from torch relay leg | |
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| BBC Radio 1 DJ href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chrismoyles/" >Chris Moyles has carried the Olympic torch in Aberystwyth as the relay travels to Bangor. | |
| The radio personality said the "buzz was amazing" as he ran through the mid-Wales town from where his Radio 1 show was being broadcast live. | |
| The first torchbearer of the day carried the flame on the Cliff Railway down to the promenade. | The first torchbearer of the day carried the flame on the Cliff Railway down to the promenade. |
| Later the torch will visit Caernarfon Castle before opera singer Bryn Terfel takes over for day's final leg. | Later the torch will visit Caernarfon Castle before opera singer Bryn Terfel takes over for day's final leg. |
| Moyles, who arrived in the town on the back of a motorbike, was greeted with a large cheer when he dismounted and the crowd spotted him. | |
| He told BBC Wales reporter Kevin Leonard he was very excited to be carrying the torch and it was "a great honour". | |
| Ffestiniog Railway | |
| Later on his show he said: "The fact that I got to run with it, and I am not from Aberystwth, I felt so proud. Everyone was waving and cheering." | |
| "The buzz is amazing but it's so quick." | |
| Moyles said he asked Lee Coulson, the torchbearer before him, "How was it?" to which he replied "it was awesome", before wishing him good luck. | |
| Other highlights of Monday's 180-mile route include a ride on the Ffestiniog Railway steam train to Porthmadog ending with an evening celebration at the Faenol Estate. | Other highlights of Monday's 180-mile route include a ride on the Ffestiniog Railway steam train to Porthmadog ending with an evening celebration at the Faenol Estate. |
| The first torchbearer of the day, Carwen Richards, carried the flame on the Cliff Railway, which was opened in 1896 and operated on a water balance system until electrification in 1921. | The first torchbearer of the day, Carwen Richards, carried the flame on the Cliff Railway, which was opened in 1896 and operated on a water balance system until electrification in 1921. |
| A total of 84 torchbearers will make their way from Aberystwyth to Machynlleth, in an area with an expanding renewable energy industry, to Blaenau Ffestiniog, once a centre of the Welsh slate mining industry, before ending in one of five cities in Wales, Bangor. | A total of 84 torchbearers will make their way from Aberystwyth to Machynlleth, in an area with an expanding renewable energy industry, to Blaenau Ffestiniog, once a centre of the Welsh slate mining industry, before ending in one of five cities in Wales, Bangor. |
| Another train ride is scheduled for just after midday, when the torch will carried on board a Ffestiniog Railway train at Blaenau Ffestiniog and be taken to Porthmadog Harbour station. | Another train ride is scheduled for just after midday, when the torch will carried on board a Ffestiniog Railway train at Blaenau Ffestiniog and be taken to Porthmadog Harbour station. |
| In the early evening the torch will visit Caernarfon Castle, a huge and commanding presence that stands at the mouth of the Seiont river. | In the early evening the torch will visit Caernarfon Castle, a huge and commanding presence that stands at the mouth of the Seiont river. |
| Edward I began building the castle in 1283 as the definitive chapter in his conquest of Wales and Edward and made sure his son, the first English Prince of Wales, was born here in 1284. | Edward I began building the castle in 1283 as the definitive chapter in his conquest of Wales and Edward and made sure his son, the first English Prince of Wales, was born here in 1284. |
| The castle is one of the most impressive in Wales and in 1969 it was used for the investiture of Prince Charles. | The castle is one of the most impressive in Wales and in 1969 it was used for the investiture of Prince Charles. |
| Shortly after, the torch will pass from a magisterial building to a man who has a voice that could be similarly described. | Shortly after, the torch will pass from a magisterial building to a man who has a voice that could be similarly described. |
| Terfel is a bass-baritone opera and concert singer who became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, receiving the honour from the Prince of Wales, in 2003. | Terfel is a bass-baritone opera and concert singer who became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, receiving the honour from the Prince of Wales, in 2003. |
| His career highlights include starring in Strauss's Salome, singing Figaro and performing the title role of Don Giovanni. | His career highlights include starring in Strauss's Salome, singing Figaro and performing the title role of Don Giovanni. |
| He is also President of the Welsh homelessness charity Shelter Cymru and is Patron of Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales and continues to be a patron of the Welsh language and Welsh culture. | He is also President of the Welsh homelessness charity Shelter Cymru and is Patron of Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales and continues to be a patron of the Welsh language and Welsh culture. |
| Terfel will take the torch into Bangor's Faenol Estate, where he will light the cauldron as part of an evening that includes a performance from rock band Kids in Glass Houses. | Terfel will take the torch into Bangor's Faenol Estate, where he will light the cauldron as part of an evening that includes a performance from rock band Kids in Glass Houses. |
| A total of 8,000 people will carry the flame on its 8,000 mile, 70-day journey around the UK to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on 27 July. | A total of 8,000 people will carry the flame on its 8,000 mile, 70-day journey around the UK to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on 27 July. |