Queen’s Baton Relay heads north ahead of homecoming
ANOTHER country ticked off the worldwide checklist, the Queen’s Baton Relay arrived in Scotland ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The baton has only Wales, Northern Ireland and
England left to visit before it concludes its journey at the Alexander Stadium on July 28.
The baton started the journey on October 7 last year with the Queen placing her message to the Commonwealth inside the baton.
A trip exclusively to London was made this month to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.
Now in Scotland, the baton started its journey in Inverness and has since visited the Isle of Arran.
The baton will spend a total of five days in Scotland with Cumnock, Glasgow, Bo’ness, Edinburgh, the Borders and Dumfries taking up the Scotland route.
Starting off in Inverness, the baton visited Inverness Tennis & Squash Club and
Loch Ness. The Loch Ness journey featured Clyde, the Team Scotland mascot, on a boat trip around Loch Ness.
The baton visited Brodick beach and Lochranza Distillery as part of the route. The trip to Lochranza included the baton taking a ferry ride from Claonaig.
Before Scotland, the baton most recently visited Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man as part of the worldwide tour. Birmingham will host the baton on July 27 and 28.
After completing the Scotland route of the relay, it will visit Northern Ireland and Wales later this month and will begin its extensive tour of England on July 4.
The University of Birmingham, Victoria Common, Sarehole Mill, The Mailbox, Villa Park and Brindleyplace are among some of the locations that the baton will visit.
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony will mark the conclusion of the route.