Paralympics 2012: national flames lit - in pictures

Scouts climb Ben Nevis, Britain's highest peak, en route to the lighting of the Scottish Paralympic torch Photograph: Danny Lawson/Locog/PA

Mountaineer Kevin Shields with the torch on top of Ben Nevis Photograph: Danny Lawson/Locog/PA

The Scottish flame is carried down from the top of Ben Nevis after scouts lit it using the traditional technique of striking flints together Photograph: Danny Lawson/Locog/PA

Mountaineer Kevin Shields pauses on his way to the summit of Ben Nevis Photograph: Danny Lawson/Locog/PA

Scout David Lumsden creates a spark to light the English Paralympic flame at the top of Scafell Pike Photograph: Locog/EPA

Torchbearer Karl Hinett makes his way to the top of Scafell Pike followed by scouts Photograph: Joe Giddens/Locog/PA

Blind mountaineers Pat Shields from Newry and Bernadette Sloan from Warrenpoint hold the Northern Irish Paralympic torch on the summit of Slieve Donard in County Down Photograph: Niall Carson/Locog/PA

Scouts Matt Dorrian (left), Josh Morrison and Daniel O'Mahony rub flints together to create the flame to light the Northern Irish Paralympic torch on top of Slieve Donard Photograph: Niall Carson/AFP/Getty Images

Northern Irish scout Daniel O'Mahony, 16, whose left leg was amputated below the knee, carries the Paralympic flame down from the top of Slieve Donard Photograph: Niall Carson/Locog/PA

Scout Josh Morrison with the Northern Irish Paralympic flame on the summit of Slieve Donard Photograph: Niall Carson/Locog/PA

The Welsh Paralympic torch is carried on Mount Snowdon Photograph: Ben Birchall/AP

Disabled and non-disabled scouts from Gwynedd ascend Mount Snowdon Photograph: Ben Birchall/Locog/PA

Karl Hinett holds the Paralympic torch on top of Scafell Pike in Cumbria Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Lord Coe holds the Welsh Paralympic flame on the top of Mount Snowdon Photograph: Locog/EPA