Walk for William Wallace.

[Ranald]

Right everyone, i've managed to re-coup from yesterdays walk so I thought it was about time I shared.
I arrived at Westminster at 11.45 and meet up with the rest of the tartan army , a couple of people who I've never met before started chatting to me ( names- Maybel and Brian).While standing there while not minding my own business a man started handing out flags with the Saltire on.
The walk started at 12.15 and got off with pipes playing ( cock of the north), it wasn't long before I couldn't hear them anymore due to the pace and traffic.
The march was on pavement and there were stewards on the way what did help however was all those flags waving proudly could see which way to go!
The walk was only six miles around London, but I got to tell you I was shattered by the end of it, I did wonder on numerous occasions what Wallace must have felt if I felt that bad fully clothed and with tea and sandwiches in my bag.
Anyway when myself and Maybel got to St Bartholomes already there were hundreds of scots there, Sir David Ross gave a speach which I couldn't hear but then the pipes and drums started, woooow the hairs on the back of my neck stood up on end. Simply fantastic music.
Next was the church service which only the select 300 was invited to so my new found friend and I headed for the pub where a piper could be heard!
To cut a long story short and after quite a few whiskeys and a my playing a tune on the pipes for a lady in the pub (pipes belonged to a piper from Oregon) the coffin which I hadn't previously seen was carried away by the kilted procession to the tunes of the pipes.
The next few miles are a bit of a blur due to drink .
But the coffin was then taken to the Welsh club on Grays Inn Road (sorry not sure what the significance is?).From here everyone went their seperate ways or should I say to the nearest pub!
All in all the day was a good day albeit a somber day but it was good to be with all the scots and I'm glad I was there.
BTW I saw every rule about the wearing of the kilt broken yesterday, people just turned up in anything they wanted and a kilt!
Me, need you ask I was in my Red Robertson and damned proud of it too.
Sorry as a afterthought a edit,every highland weapon was being worn too , from full claymore(7ft version) to dirk to skian dubh.Not a probem!
For Wallace!

[Freelander Sporrano]

Nice to hear about your day. Have you any pictures?

[Ranald]

Sorry no pictures , didn't want to be drunk in charge of a camera!

[Mike1]

But the coffin was then taken to the Welsh club on Grays Inn Road (sorry not sure what the significance is?).

There was no real significance, other than some very close friends of David Ross' gathering together to mark the occasion.

[MacConnachie]

Good on ya, Ranald!!

Pleased to hear that you wear the Red Robertson. I have three Robertson tartan kilts, but the Red seems to get the most comments. I must admit I was rather lukewarm to it when I first purchased it (the price was right!), but I have grown to like it, very much!

Garg'n Uair Dhuisgear

Mac

[Doc Hudson]

Sounds like an Irish Wake to me. I'm sure Sir William would have approved.

[MACKAY]

Here are a couple of news stories, some with associated pictures ....

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...raveheart_dc_1

http://www.snp.org/snpnews/2005/snp_...-24.1451923475

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai...nwallace24.xml

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/45599.html

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm...name_page.html

http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/2005...d932e50a0e.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4173980.stm

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1830012005

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/45420.html

Very suprised at all of the positive press coverage. Seems that the blood is indeed strong!

Brian Mackay

[Prester John]

Glad to see about the Robertson Red.

My wife is a Robertson (was!) and will be sporting her kilted skirt for the upcoming wedding of her sister.

My boys and I plan on getting Robertson Reds shortly.

[Mike1]

The picture from the Telegraph is a good one, as I can spy a couple of familar faces in it.

[GMan]

This is really great to hear! Although the fact that I was not physically there, I was there just by reading this story, from a fellow kilt wearer and friend from this board. Thank You!