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The baton schedule for England:

http://www.weareengland.org/home/glasgow-2014/qbr/queens-baton-relay-schedule

  • Following a handover from Wales, the Queen's Baton Relay starts in Manchester, the setting of the last Commonwealth Games to be held in the UK.

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    01.06.2014 | DAY TWO: SHEFFIELD

    Moving on to Yorkshire, Sheffield plays host to the Queen's Baton on day two of its journey through England.

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    02.06.2014 | DAY THREE: BIRMINGHAM

    The home of many England medallists, the baton is in the midlands for a visit to the 'second city' - Birmingham.

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    The baton reaches the south west of England for a morning in Plymouth before heading to Bristol in the afternoon.

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    04.06.2014 | DAY FIVE: SOUTHAMPTON

    A trip to the south coast sees the baton visit Southampton.

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    05.06.2014 | DAY SIX: KENT

    The historic county of Kent hosts the baton as it continues its journey around the south of England.

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    06.06.2014 | DAY SEVEN: OXFORD

    Home to one of England's most famous universities and much more, the baton travels to Oxford - where England hero Sir Roger Bannister became the first athlete to run a sub-four minute mile.

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    The home of the 1934 British Empire Games, London is the next stop on the baton's tour of England.

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    09.06.2014 | DAY TEN: SUFFOLK

    Home to England's most recent flag bearer Nicky Hunt, the baton reaches Suffolk.

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    10.06.2014 | DAY 11: LEICESTER

    Back to the midlands, the baton is in Leicester for day 11.

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Edinburgh...will they start ths full on relay from there on Opening day?

Nope the Baton will visit Edinburgh on 14th June. It will be the first stop in Scotland.

Here is the domestic schedule brochure

http://downloads.glasgow2014.com/sites/default/files/CG0424_Factsheet_Update_22_April_AW4.pdf

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The Baton at old Trafford

Nice getting Robson involved, but you'd think they could've had most famous Glaswegian in Britain (no, not Billy Connolly) pose with the Baton at OT.

Seeing the 2002 Baton next to the 2014 one, I know its different times but the Manchester baton looks very cheap.

Was going to post something similar earlier. It doesn't look cheap, but it does look of its time. It's like looking at a minidisc player.

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I disagree, the 14 baton is what is in vogue now...relaxed and easy. These batons got sillier over time just proving the one upmanship that finally crashed and burned in 2010.

The Glasgow baton is a fresh rebirth of a theme that got thrashed to death.

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Queen's Baton relay arrives in Scotland

The Queen's Baton Relay has arrived in Scotland as it begins a 40-day tour of the host country ahead of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The baton, the Commonwealth's version of the Olympic torch, has travelled about 100,000 miles and visited 69 nations and territories since October.

Triple gold medallist Daley Thompson handed the baton to Scottish athlete Eilidh Child on the border at Coldstream bridge at 07:45.

The baton is now heading to Edinburgh.

Edinburgh will be the first Scottish city to welcome the baton, with more than 100 local baton-bearers lined up to carry it.

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BBC

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