The Flame has begun the day’s journey at Headstone Manor, Harrow, carried by borough resident Jo Hyams, 29. Jo was nominated for her extensive charity work, organising and participating in a huge number of events.
On its journey to Haringey, the Flame paid a visit to Wembley Arena, venue for the London 2012 Badminton competition, where it was carried by Nathan Robertson – a silver medallist in the Badminton Mixed Doubles at Athens 2004.
The Flame also visited nearby Wembley Stadium, venue for the London 2012 Football competition, where it was carried by Gordon Banks, one of England’s greatest ever goalkeepers and a 1966 World Cup winner.
Before the Relay came to rest at lunchtime, the oldest female Torchbearer on the Relay, Diana Gould, aged 100, met the Mayor of London Boris Johnson as she carried the Flame to Middlesex University and Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, singer Eliza Doolittle, and Jack Otter, a soldier who was wounded by an IED whilst on patrol in Afghanistan.