May 17, 2014 Live from the road

Ipswich - York

Reported by Devashishu Torpy 320.0 km

England is very green - a green and pleasant land.

How many runners can fit in a telephone box?

Searching out a good coffee ...

The cathedral at Bury St Edmunds

A welcome from the Deputy Dean

Everyone is invited to light a candle and say a prayer for peace

Lincoln Cathedral

We are received by the Reverend Canon Tim Thompson.

Running into the city of Leeds

Leeds was dedicated to peace as a Sri Chinmoy Peace City in 1995. Today the Lord Mayor, Councillor Tom Murray, re-dedicates the city with a new plaque.

Yorkshire born Tejvan Pettinger (left) won the British Hillclimbing Cycling Championship in 2013

The Lord Mayor, Councillor Tom Murray, unveils the plaque.

The Lord Mayor and his wife Edna, the Lady Mayoress, hold the torch together.

approaching York

Torch carried by
Akrura Bogea (Brazil), Balavan Thomas (Great Britain), British Runners (Great Britain), Devashishu Torpy (Great Britain), Dipavajan Renner (Austria), Harikanta Ketova (Russia), Irena Majerová (Czech Republic), Istidad Alvarado (Guatemala), Mahasatya Janczak (Poland), Sukhada Korshunova (Russia), Thomas Strohn (Germany), Tom McGuire (New Zealand), Uhaina Maya (Mexico).  
Photographers
Dipavajan Renner, Irena Majerová
The torch has travelled 320.0 km from Ipswich to York.

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