IN PICTURES: Week one of the London 2012 Olympic torch relay

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Posted: Tuesday 22nd May 2012 | 22:45

OLYMPIC gold medallists, big-name music acts, Champions League winning footballers but a whole load more inspiring and unheralded individuals are taken the torch on the first week of it's 70-day journey to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

NATIONAL HERO: Welsh rugby captain Sam Warburton carries the Olympic flame at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff (Getty Images)

MOMENT TO SHINE: Christopher Stokes carries the Olympic Flame by train on the Torch Relay leg between Cleobury Mortimer and Bewdley (Getty Images)

SALUTE: George Livingstone-Thompson passing through military standards as he exits Gloucester Docks during his leg between Gloucester and Hartpury (Getty Images)

IMPRESSIVE TURN OUT: Crowds defy expectations as Olympic torch relay prepares to move across the border into Wales (Getty Images)

TRUSTY STEAD: Zara Phillips and Toytown, who she partnered to the world eventing title in 2006, were the final torchbearers as the flame concluded day five of its 70-day journey in Cheltenham (Getty Images)

LEAPING: Ballet dancer Lydia Holt carries the Olympic flame in Cheltenham (Getty Images)

KEY MAN: Champions League hero Didier Drogba carries the Olympic flame through Royal Wootton Bassett (Getty Images)

POPULAR CHOICE: Winter Olympic champion Amy Williams carried the flame between Yeovil and Somerton (Getty Images)

HOME HERO Jason Gardener, who won sprint relay gold at the Athens Olympics, carried the torch through his home city of Bath (Getty Images)

MOMENT TO SHINE: Anthony Deahl holds the Olympic Flame in front of Wells Cathedral during his leg between Wells and Shepton Mallet (Getty Images)

BIG MOMENT: Aspiring Paralympic sailor Blaire Hannan lights the cauldron at the end of day four (Getty Images)

FAVOURITE: Jonathan Edwards was among the torchbearers on day three of the relay, which covered over 100 miles between Exeter and Taunton (Getty Images)

STAR: Black Eyed Peas star Will.I.Am carries the Olympic torch through Taunton, where big crowds welcomed the flame

PRIZED: Ben Ainslie shows the torch to the crowd that were five deep at the relay's Land's End start point (Getty Images)

TORCHBEARER: Ben Ainslie, wearing 001 to represent he is the first of 8,000 runners, leads off the London 2012 Olympic torch relay (Getty Images)

IT'S HERE: David Beckham lights a special cauldron at RNAS Culdrose as the Olympic torch arrives in the UK (Locog via Getty Images)

HISTORIC: London 2012 officials, led by Princess Anne, takes custody of the Olympic flame - it arrives in the UK for its 8,000 mile journey on Friday (Getty Images via Locog)