Olympic torch relay continues across Wales

Olympic torch relay continues across Wales

British mountaineer Chris Bonnington holds the Olympic flame on top of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales, in Snowdonia National Park, Wales, May 29, 2012. The flame was carried through Wales on day 11 of the Torch Relay, as part of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The Beaumaris RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lifeboat crew assist torchbearer Elen Evans as she carries the Olympic Flame accross the Menai Strait during the Olympic Torch Relay, in north Wales, May 29, 2012.

Joanne Gregory carries the London 2012 Olympic torch on a hand drawn boat across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in North Wales, May 30, 2012.

A bearer carries the London 2012 Olympic torch towards the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in North Wales, May 30, 2012.

The Olympic torch passes the birthplace of William Penny Brookes the founding father of the modern Olympics in Much Wenlock, central England, May 30, 2012. The first Wenlock Olympian games were held in 1850 for "every grade of man" and athletic events included knitting, writing, and arithmetic. Wenlock, one of the London 2012 mascots is named after the Shropshire town.

( Agencies)