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!