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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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Paisley Abbey, The Barochan Cross and the Wallace Window

Posted by bob wallace on Thursday, August 11, 2011, In : Scotland 
Paisley Abbey, The Barochan Cross and the Wallace Window on PhotoPeach


First we start at Houston, every time I hear about Houston I immediately think of the USA city, as for the life of me I cannot get my head around a Scottish town of that name, even though I have been there many times.

There was a castle and the remains are still visible in the city`s conservation area and it is possible that possible that Lord Darnley, the ill-fated husband for a time of Mary, Queen of scots resided ...


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