After starting the day in Bournemouth, the Flame will be carried on the Needles Chair Lift as it visits the coloured sands of Alum Bay beach on the Isle of Wight.
Later one of the world’s greatest ever offshore sailors, Dame Ellen MacArthur, will carry the Flame in East Cowes. In 2005, Dame Ellen became the fastest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handed, completeing the journey in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, 33 seconds at sea.
The Flame will also be carried by fellow sailor Shirley Robertson in Newport, who made history at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games by becoming the first British woman to win gold medals at consecutive Games.
Day 57 finishes in Southampton with an evening celebration, where the last Torchbearer of the day – Gillian Rose – will light a celebration cauldron on stage at the end of a two-hour show featuring music, dance and theatre.
The Flame will be carried through the following communities: Bournemouth, Boscombe, Christchurch, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst, Lymington, Totland, Yarmouth, Carisbrooke, Newport, East Cowes and Southampton.
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