OLYMPIC TORCH 5.12pm: Bexhill turns out to cheer on the torch

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Jul 2012, 19:16 BST

PEOPLE are gathering in their hundreds in Bexhill for the arrival of the Olympic torch.

The crowds, many carrying Union Flags, were lining the seafront by the De La Warr Pavilion as far as the eye could see – and watching the fun from balconies along the prom.

Bexhill dad Hadrian, son Stuart, 12, six-year-old Clare Lear come to celebrate the torch and seeing Eddie Izzard will be a bonus.

Stuart said, “This is absolutely amazing.”