Our Hero didn't make it back home quite as quickly as anticipated as the Torchbearers bus carried him off halfway to Bristol . . so we started the party without him . . but when he did get back we were all surprised to see that he'd got his Torch with him . . and of course we all had to touch it, hold it, and photograph it . .

My thanks to Chas and Jan for inviting me to take these photos . . I wouldn't have missed the experience for anything . .