Scotland has welcomed the Olympic torch for the first time as the relay travels from Stranraer to Glasgow on day 21.
Soldier Ross McClelland was cheered by thousands as he ran in the seaside town.
Also among Friday's stopping points was the birthplace of Scotland's bard Robert Burns in Alloway.
Atonement star James McAvoy will carry the flame in his native Glasgow ahead of an evening celebration in George Square.
The 128 bearers include Olympians rower Katherine Grainger and gold medal curler Rhona Martin and the flame is due at Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadium in Glasgow, at about 16:30 BST.
Friday's 138-mile route takes in Stranraer, Cairnryan, Ballantrae, Girvan, Turnberry, Maidens, Kirkoswald, Maybole, Alloway, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Stewarton, Dunlop, Barrmill, Beith, Lochwinnoch, Kilmalcolm, Port Glasgow, Rutherglen, Giffnock and Glasgow.
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