"Scots wha' hae with Wallace bled,
Scots wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to victory."

The land of Scotland has dictated what sort of history we would have. We have mountains and marshes; long, narrow, steep-sided glens, all too often open to north-west winds; acid soil and a climate which sees the seasons overlapping, the only certainty being that the growing season will be short. Here, we have had to do the best we could with what we had, and all through our history, with hard work and much ingenuity, we have managed to make the land serve our people better than might have been expected. There's a difference between us. You think the people of this land exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it." Sir William Wallace 1270 - 1305 Robert the Bruce 1274-1329 After the Scottish defeat at the battle of Falkirk, and then the terrible news of Wallace's execution, Robert the Bruce is said to have been inspired to continue the struggle against the English by the persistence of a spider trying to weave its web. Bruce was hiding out from English pursuers in a cave. He was exhausted from the neverending struggle, and in despair. His eye fell on a spider spinning its web. It kept trying to swing across the ceiling, over and over, until at last it reached the other side and anchored the first strand of the web. "Try, try, and try again". Bruce adopted the same motto and spent the next eight years fighting the English occupiers of Scotland until they were at last driven out. Declaration of Independance - 1320 Robert the Bruce and his pledge to the nation. The Declaration of Arbroath Mary Queen of Scots 1542 - 1587 In my end is my beginning Ruadh (Rob) Roy 1670-1734 He was a soldier alongside his father and brother at the age of eighteen. He was a farmer, whose respect for the Highland way of life won him a place in the legend of the country. He was an outlaw, a thief, or a dedicated family man, depending on how you look at it. Rampant Scotland Directory The Clans Scottish Event & Historical Timeline History of the Tartan The Kilt And to settle your curiousity.. This is another great site about William Wallace

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