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

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Posted: Saturday 14th July 2012 | 18:02

THE Olympic torch relay enjoys a few days by the seaside as it travels along England's south-coast on the penultimate week its 70-day journey. The Isle of Wight, Jersey and Guernsey are among the stops.

SPECTACULAR: A Royal Navy commando abseils into the capital as the Olympic flame finally arrives in London (Getty Images)

STAR TURN: Two-time Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes carried the Olympic flame at the Tower of London (Getty Images)

FAMOUS SUPPORT: Craig Preece holds the Olympic flame on the race track of Brands Hatch, with former athlete Derek Redmond (left) and Tommy Hill (right), the 2011 British Superbike champion (Getty Images)

SEA VIEW: Katherine Batts holds the Olympic Flame on the end of Deal Pier at the beginning of Day 62 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay (Getty Images)

BIG CROWD: Former Olympic swimmer Karen Pickering carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Margate with the Turner Contemporary gallery in the background (Getty Images)

THE KISS: Jessica-Rose Gould passes the Olympic Flame to Torchbearer Douglas Evans outside Rye Castle on the Torch Relay leg through Rye (Getty Images)

NICE VIEW: Daisy Shepherd poses for a photo with a backdrop of Hastings, carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Hastings (Getty Images)

SUPPORT CREW: Kevin French carries the Olympic Flame followed by fancy dress animals on the Torch Relay leg through Ashford (Getty Images)

OLYMPIC LEGEND: Dame Kelly Holmes stands with the Olympic Torchy outside Tonbridge Castle (Getty Images)

FAMOUS BACKDROP: Kathy Gore runs with the Olympic Flame at Seaford Head, with a view of the Seven Sisters cliffs in East Sussex (Getty Images)

STAR POWER: Harley Alexander-Sule and Jordan Stephens (aka Rizzle Kicks) carry the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Eastbourne (Getty Images)

FAMOUS GIRL: 1992 Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Portsmouth (Getty Images)

PROUD: Lifelong Pompey fan and club volunteer John Jenkins holds the Olympic Flame as the Day begins at Portsmouth FC's Fratton Park (Getty Images)

SUPPORT: Local residents of Tillington hold up a sign which reads 'Keep Calm and Carry the Flame', as the rain doesn't spoil the parade (Getty Images)