Great fun up in Shawlands for today’s Olympic Torch Relay and the rain just about held off.

Here’s the first runner kicking off the stretch down Pollokshaws Rd into the wilds of East Renfrewshire.

Seemed very well organised and what an entourage of buses, vans and police! Lots of excited children waving homemade torches and a lucky few who came home with LOCOG-approved-sponsor-branded drums, flags and ribbon sticks.