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Bannockburn 2014-Come with us

Posted by bob wallace on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, In : Scotland 
We have our ideas, its quite exciting to see the various bodies in Scotland coming together with Stirling Council to make all this happen, and the launch of this website as well,
http://www.stirling2014.co.uk/
see our 2014 tour page, and i hope we can make Clan Wallace NZ another major force in the Clans parade.

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Bannockburn- relive the legend with Celtic Connexions Tours

Posted by bob wallace on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, In : Scotland 

The Battle of Bannockburn  ... 2014, yes the date is maybe 700 years wrong but
well where  on earth is all the time going because the big and i mean big celebrations will take place in 2014 to mark the anniversary of that famous battle,

Just 2 miles (3.2 km) from Stirling Castle, Bannockburn was immortalised in Scottish and world history by King Robert the Bruce’s famous victory in 1314.

As part of an exciting project to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the battle a dazzling battle re-...


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Another Homecoming planned for 2014

Posted by bob wallace on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, In : Scotland 

Here we go straight from Panalba, to confirm that plans are afoot to host another International Clan Gathering in Stirling in early July 2014 as part of the 2nd Year of Homecoming. It is too early to provide any detail, but rest assured that Panalba will be keeping  us to date. As you can imagine there will be a lot to report as we get closer to 2014, but in the interim we will keep you abreast of any relevant developments.

This is great stuff, good on the organisers fro changing direction and...


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Scots Wha Hae- On our tours meet the legends

Posted by bob wallace on Tuesday, September 6, 2011, In : Scotland 

Scots Wha Hae 

Well just as I was about to read an article in the Scots magazine someone bought one of our Tea Towels with all the sayings on it so I guess I should write about my thoughts as well?

I can remember somewhere in the depths on my brain learning the song at school at a very early age. Maybe my teacher was a bit of a patriot or maybe with 2 Wallace’s in the class she thought it a good song to learn.

I should have written some time ago on this because when I was oer in Franc...


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