The Olympic Flame has been taken across the famous Swilcan Bridge on the Old Course in the home of golf, St Andrews.
It was also used to recreate a scene from the film Chariots Of Fire at the Fife town's West Sands beach.
The torch will travel 145 miles on this leg of its symbolic journey
around the UK, reaching Edinburgh Castle on Wednesday evening..
A total of 115 torchbearers will carry the flame past some of the
country's most recognisable landmarks, including the Forth Bridge,
Stirling Castle, the Wallace Monument and the Falkirk Wheel.
The Swilcan Bridge dates back some 700 years and was originally built
for shepherds herding their sheep over the Swilcan Burn that now winds
through the first and 18th fairways.
The small stone bridge is now one of the most famous spots in the golfing world.
At the Old Course, the torch was carried by Louise Martin, 65, from Dunblane.
Mrs Martin is chair of Sport Scotland. She said: "Now that it's
over, it's quite surreal. I can't believe I've actually done it. It's
churning inside, just the pleasure and what it meant to me.
"Words can't explain how I feel to have just done what I've done with the Olympic Flame in my hand."
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