I have mentioned previously that I lived in Scotland for 3 months. The town that I lived in was Stirling. Stirling is just north of Edinburgh and Glasgow and pretty much sits right between them. It was about a 45 minute train ride to Edinburgh and Glasgow from Stirling. Head north of Stirling just a little bit and you hit Callander, Rob Roy country.
But Stirling was definitely William Wallace country. The battle of Stirling Bridge took place here as did the Battle of Bannockburn. That large rocket ship looking monument jutting into the skyline of Stirling is none other then the William Wallace Monument. Outside of the monument is a statue of William Wallace that looks suspiciously like Mel Gibson. Inside you can climb a series of winding stairs up to the top of the tower and take in the view of Stirling. Along the way you can check out Wallace's sword.
I ran across this entertaining video on youtube called How Braveheart Should Have Ended
"Sons of scotland, I am William Wallace...William Wallace is 7 ft tall -Aye, so I've heard, kills men by the hundreds, and if he were here he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse."
I hope you enjoyed it, and Pipe on!
2 comments:
'Along the way you can check out Wallace's sword.'
Oh yes! And you can also see it in Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee..... masses of those swords exist, but no one really knows if any belonged to Wallace - a great hero I say. But nothing like the film!
Hope you keep up the piping! very enjoyable to hear. All the best!
Thanks for stopping by, you made me quite curious about Wallace's sword, off to research and hopefully blog about it!
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