September 11, 1297. The Scots, under the leadership of William Wallace and Sir Andrew of Moray thoroughly defeated the English armies under John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham.
Fast forward to September 11, 2009. Near dusk and to the sounds of the Aloa Bowmar Pipe Band, marchers followed the route from Stirling Castle to the 15th century stone bridge, built slightly upstream to replace the
original timber bridge.
Watch the marchers and listen to the pipe band in this video.
Chris Lee of Hong Kong (see Winter 2009, CelticLife magazine) rocked with Paul McCartney and the Halifax 78th Highlanders on Saturday night. Next day, Sunday, he went on to win four piping trophies at the Halifax Highland Games: 1st in March, 2nd in Strathspey & Reel, 3rd in Jig and 3rd in Piobreachd. Congratulations Chris!
