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| Scouts to kindle Paralympic Flame with flints on Scafell Pike | Scouts to kindle Paralympic Flame with flints on Scafell Pike |
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| We are about to enjoy a display of skill and fortitude at the Paralympic Games which comes specially close to the Olympic ideal and is largely free from the less appealing sides of competitive sport. | We are about to enjoy a display of skill and fortitude at the Paralympic Games which comes specially close to the Olympic ideal and is largely free from the less appealing sides of competitive sport. |
| But there must have been moments, even for Paralympians, when the immediate aftermath of disabling injury or a hopefully rare encounter with discrimination has made their landscape seem bleak. | But there must have been moments, even for Paralympians, when the immediate aftermath of disabling injury or a hopefully rare encounter with discrimination has made their landscape seem bleak. |
| Appropriate then, that the games' equivalent of the Olympic Torch relay, the English Flame, is start life on that vast and monotonous pile of stones, Scafell Pike. It is the highest place in England and in clear weather has wonderful views, but very few people have ever waxed lyrical about the actual mountain top. | Appropriate then, that the games' equivalent of the Olympic Torch relay, the English Flame, is start life on that vast and monotonous pile of stones, Scafell Pike. It is the highest place in England and in clear weather has wonderful views, but very few people have ever waxed lyrical about the actual mountain top. |
| Appropriately too, the flame is to be created this coming Wednesday 22 August by a party of Scouts, disabled as well as non-disabled, using the character-forming method of rubbing flints together to make a spark. I speak from experience when I say that this can be even more trying than whirling a sharpened stick between your hands until it draws first smoke, and then a flame from a dip in a second piece of wood. | Appropriately too, the flame is to be created this coming Wednesday 22 August by a party of Scouts, disabled as well as non-disabled, using the character-forming method of rubbing flints together to make a spark. I speak from experience when I say that this can be even more trying than whirling a sharpened stick between your hands until it draws first smoke, and then a flame from a dip in a second piece of wood. |
| It will be done, however, along with similar ceremonies on Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa, Ben Nevis and Slieve Donard, before the flames make their way to London for a reception ceremony in Trafalgar Square on Friday 24 August. Then they return to 33 venues across the UK for celebration events over August Bank Holiday weekend which will highlight the challenges and rewards of disabled sports, before heading back to Stoke Mandeville hospital, where the Paralympics began, and then to London and the opening of the Games. | It will be done, however, along with similar ceremonies on Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa, Ben Nevis and Slieve Donard, before the flames make their way to London for a reception ceremony in Trafalgar Square on Friday 24 August. Then they return to 33 venues across the UK for celebration events over August Bank Holiday weekend which will highlight the challenges and rewards of disabled sports, before heading back to Stoke Mandeville hospital, where the Paralympics began, and then to London and the opening of the Games. |
| Our Bank Holiday Flame events are here, all including the arrival of the Flame: | Our Bank Holiday Flame events are here, all including the arrival of the Flame: |
| North east: | North east: |
| Beamish: 24 August 5-8pm Sold out | Beamish: 24 August 5-8pm Sold out |
| North West: | North West: |
| Manchester 24 August Exchange Square Live Site, Have-a-Go sports and Paralympic athletes' display Merseyside 24/25 August Kirkby, 26 August Greenbank, 28 August Sefton Preston Cheshire 25 August 1-4pm Ellesmere Port celebration of inclusivity, achievement and endeavour in sport, music and art | Manchester 24 August Exchange Square Live Site, Have-a-Go sports and Paralympic athletes' display Merseyside 24/25 August Kirkby, 26 August Greenbank, 28 August Sefton Preston Cheshire 25 August 1-4pm Ellesmere Port celebration of inclusivity, achievement and endeavour in sport, music and art |
| Yorkshire & The Humber: | Yorkshire & The Humber: |
| York Open-top bus ride to Energise Sports Centre, arriving c.3.15pm at Celebrating Ability Day (10am-5pm) Beverley Noon-4pm Beverley Leisure Centre, 5-6.30pm Beverley Minster Huddersfield Noon-4pm Leeds Road Stadium – torch arrives c.3pm Leeds 25 August Noon-2pm John Charles Sports Centre Sheffield 26 August Sheffield Fayre, Norfolk Park | York Open-top bus ride to Energise Sports Centre, arriving c.3.15pm at Celebrating Ability Day (10am-5pm) Beverley Noon-4pm Beverley Leisure Centre, 5-6.30pm Beverley Minster Huddersfield Noon-4pm Leeds Road Stadium – torch arrives c.3pm Leeds 25 August Noon-2pm John Charles Sports Centre Sheffield 26 August Sheffield Fayre, Norfolk Park |
| More events are likely to be added and further details of those above . Keep an eye on the websites of Disability Sport, the Paralympic Games and the local councils. | More events are likely to be added and further details of those above . Keep an eye on the websites of Disability Sport, the Paralympic Games and the local councils. |
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