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Olympic torch: Relay to visit Harry Potter castle Olympic torch: Allan Wells carries flame in Borders
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A touch of magic may be sprinkled on the Olympic flame as it travels to href="http://www.alnwickcastle.com/" >Alnwick Castle, the location for the Harry Potter films. Scottish sprint legend Allan Wells has carried the Olympic flame as it made its way towards the English border.
Day 27 of the relay started in Edinburgh and will travel through the Borders and crossing into England north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Wells, who won gold in the 100m at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, carried the torch in Selkirk.
Among the torchbearers will be Scottish Olympian Allan Wells, who won gold in the 100m at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Day 27 of the relay started in Edinburgh as the flame set out for its 140-mile trip through the Borders into England north of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The day ends with an evening celebration on Alnwick Castle Pastures.The day ends with an evening celebration on Alnwick Castle Pastures.
The first of 130 torchbearers was swimmer Raquel Matos, 16, from Edinburgh, who started the relay in Festival Square. The flame will travel 140 miles. A touch of magic may be sprinkled on the Olympic flame at the site, which is the location for the Harry Potter films.
Mr Wells, 60, from Edinburgh - who became the oldest Olympic 100m champion when he won in the then-USSR (a record since surpassed by fellow Briton Linford Christie) - passed the flame in Selkirk to GB handball captain Lynn McCafferty, 33, from Cumbernauld.
Earlier, the first of Thursday's 130 torchbearers was swimmer Raquel Matos, 16, from Edinburgh, who started the relay in Festival Square.
World Irish Dancing Champion Lauren Wales, 13, from Blaydon on Tyne, carried the flame through Loanhead in Midlothian.World Irish Dancing Champion Lauren Wales, 13, from Blaydon on Tyne, carried the flame through Loanhead in Midlothian.
Mr Wells, 60, from Edinburgh - who became the oldest Olympic 100m champion when he won in the then USSR - will carry the flame in Selkirk, as will GB handball captain Lynn McCafferty, 33, from Cumbernauld. Chris Paterson, 34, Scotland's most-capped rugby player with 109 appearances, made short work of his leg with the torch in Galashiels.
Chris Paterson, 34, Scotland's most-capped rugby player with 109 appearances, will run in Galashiels. The torch also visited the href="http://festival.london2012.com/events/9000961758" >Forest Pitch - a full-size football pitch hidden deep within a forest in the Scottish Borders, created for href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/2012/festival" >Festival 2012.
It will also go to the href="http://festival.london2012.com/events/9000961758" >Forest Pitch - a full-size football pitch hidden deep within a forest in the Scottish Borders, created for href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/2012/festival" >Festival 2012. Thursday's relay route took in Duddingston, Musselburgh, Dalkeith, Lasswade, Loanhead, Bilston, Milton Bridge, Penicuik and Eddleston.
The relay route for the day takes in Duddingston, Musselburgh, Dalkeith, Lasswade, Loanhead, Bilston, Milton Bridge, Penicuik and Eddleston.
From there it will go to Peebles, Innerleithen, Walkerburn, Selkirk, Galashiels, Earlston, Gordon, Greenlaw, Duns and Chirnside.
Towards the end of the day it will go to Foulden, Berwick-Upon-Tweed and Bamburgh Castle, ending in Alnwick.
Performances for the evening event will come from Little Comets - an indie band from Jarrow and Newcastle-upon-Tyne - as well as dance act Twist and Pulse.Performances for the evening event will come from Little Comets - an indie band from Jarrow and Newcastle-upon-Tyne - as well as dance act Twist and Pulse.
A total of 8,000 people will carry the flame during its 8,000 mile, 70-day journey to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London on 27 July.A total of 8,000 people will carry the flame during its 8,000 mile, 70-day journey to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London on 27 July.