Photo: Torchbearer 004 Josephine Loughran carries the Olympic Flame on the Scots Guardsman steam locomotive as they make the journey from York to Thirsk. Picture: LOCOG
The Torch was taken 134.48 miles from York to Carlisle by 85 torchbearers, including author Terry Deary.
Carlisle has an area of 1,039.97 square kilometres, making it the largest city in England by area.
The first torchbearer of the day was Jessica Hoggarth-Hall, from York, who started with the Flame at York Minster. She was selected for overcoming her dyslexia through regular participation in drama activities. Jessica celebrated her birthday on the day she carried the Torch.
Josephine Loughran carried the Flame on the Scots Guardsman from the National Railway Museum in York to Thirsk Railway Station. She donated one of the lobes of her lungs to her sister Sheila who had cystic fibrosis and was in need of a lung transplant, but was rapidly running out of time.
The transplant worked but Sheila died later. Josephine agreed for her story to be filmed and made into a Horizon documentary to help raise awareness of the disease and the need for more people to carry organ donor cards.
Lucy Gale carried the Flame at Aysgarth Falls. Lucy is a private hire driver in the Selby area who came across a car accident at a railway crossing. Without hesitation, she got out of her vehicle and helped a pensioner get out of her car and then reversed the car from the railway track. If Lucy had not moved the car, it could have been hit by a train.
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