Glasgow 2014: Actor Brian Cox carries Queen's baton
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Hollywood actor Brian Cox carried the The Queen's baton as it made its way to Rosslyn Chapel
Hollywood actor Brian Cox has carried the The Queen's baton as it made its way to Rosslyn Chapel in Midlothian.
The Queen's Baton Relay was on the third day of its tour of Scotland, ahead of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The baton is taking a 40-day trek round the host country - ending with the opening ceremony on 23 July.
The latest leg also took in Loanhead, Penicuik, Rosewell, Bonnyrigg, Newtongrange, Gorebridge, Mayfield, Easthouses, Newbattle and Dalkeith.
Cox, who has appeared in films including the Bourne Supremacy and is the current rector of The University of Dundee, was one of about 100 people carrying the baton on day three.
The baton finished its Midlothian tour in Dalkeith at about 18:20.
Bowls world champion David Peacock and female rugby player Rachel Law were among the Midlothian baton bearers.
Others included 85-year-old Burns Scott and young swimmer Jennifer Henderson.
Steven Waterston, a former soldier who volunteers and completes marathons despite a sensory-depriving neurological condition, and Colin Leslie, who represented Scotland in badminton after having a double amputation below the knees, are also baton-bearers.
The route included the Midlothian Snowsports Centre and the National Mining Museum at Newtongrange.
Events concluded with a celebration in Dalkeith Country Park.
The baton is due to finish its Midlothian tour in Dalkeith at about 18:20
The baton has travelled 118,000 miles and visited 70 nations and territories.
It contains a message from the Queen, which will be read out at the opening ceremony on 23 July.
The Queen's baton relay route:
14 June: City of Edinburgh
15 June: West Lothian
16 June: Midlothian
17 June: East Lothian
18 June: Scottish Borders
19 June: Dumfries and Galloway
20 June: South Ayrshire
21 June: East Ayrshire
22 June: South Lanarkshire
23 June: North Lanarkshire
24 June: Falkirk
25 June: Clackmannanshire
26 June: Fife
27 June: Dundee City
28 June: Angus
29 June: Aberdeenshire
30 June: Aberdeen City
1 July: Shetland Islands
2 and 3 July: Moray
4 and 5 July: Perth & Kinross
6 and 7 July: Stirling
8 July: Eilean Siar
10 July: Orkney Islands
11 and 12 July: Highland
13 July: Argyll and Bute
14 July: Inverclyde
15 July: North Ayrshire
16 July: East Renfrewshire
17 July: Renfrewshire
18 July: West Dunbartonshire
19 July: East Dunbartonshire
20 to 23 July: Glasgow City
A comprehensive list of towns the baton will visit each day in Scotland can be found on the Glasgow 2014 website, external.