The 70-day torch relay started in Land 's End , Cornwall , and will finish in London . The flame will pass within 10 miles of 95 % of the U.K. population along the route . Comment: 8,000 people will pass it from hand to hand , a human chain that reaches the length and breadth of Britain . ` The flame was lit on May 10 at ancient Olympia , in Greece , birthplace of the Games .
The 70-day torch relay started in Land 's End , Cornwall , and will finish in London . The flame will pass within 10 miles of 95 % of the U.K. population along the route . Comment: The flame was lit on May 10 at ancient Olympia , in Greece , birthplace of the Games .