Walk For Wallace
In 2005, to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the capture and subsequent execution of William Wallace, Ross undertook a 450-mile solo march along the path most likely taken by Wallace from the location in which he was captured to London where he was hanged, drawn and quartered.
He left Robroyston (now a suburb of Glasgow) on the 3rd of August 2005, the anniversary of the date in which Wallace was taken by John de Menteith, after the yearly function organised by The Society of William Wallace to reach London on the evening of the 22nd of the same month - the same date in which Wallace entered the English capital city. His only support was a van in which he slept and took his meals.
His walk and the subsequent memorial service are narrated in the DVD Walk for Wallace and are referred to in his book For Freedom.
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