David R Ross was born for a love of Scotland. Since boyhood he has been fascinated with the history and geography of his native soil. David travels far and wide researching and discovering historic sites for his books on his beloved motorcycle, which has given him the title of the Biker Historian.  Through his publications, David has brought to life Scotland’s most historic icons such as Bruce, Wallace and Douglas to the people.
Besides his writing David promotes Scotland with talks and slide shows more often than not with no fee. David is a regular contributor to many magazines’ both in Scotland and for ex pat Scots abroad. He regularly appears on television and radio, often appearing on the History and Discovery Channels, both here and North America. As convenor of the Society of William Wallace, David has become well known as a public speaker, he has been the orator at many commemorations and he says he is humbled to say a few words on the spots where many of Scotland’s greatest events took place.

This whole event was iconic in itself, by bringing thousands together, in a time when the Scottish Executive had done nothing at all to commemorate one of Scotland’s greatest heroes.
Although Wallace’s life ended at Smithfield Market in London and his body distributed to various parts of the country. David took Wallace’s life one step further. He took into consideration that Wallace had no resting place after he had been brutally murdered in a foreign place, so he took it upon himself to instigate a further commemoration, which would see the “Spirit” of Wallace being taken back to his homeland. This would result in a ceremony in Lanark which would be recognised all over the world. David had not only brought the people of Scotland together, but like the film Braveheart, had brought the name of William Wallace to the world stage. David had done something that the Scottish Executive had not been able to do, of course the executive at the time didn’t want to promote such Scottish icons as they thought it would breed or raise Scottish nationalism.
David is a proud and passionate patriot, who is not afraid to state his opinion something that so many people are afraid to do in today’s society.

Having recognised David as a true, loyal, proud and passionate patriot and nationalist of Scotland, Crann Tara was proud to present the special targe as the first ever personality award, with personally embossed icons which related to David. David gave a short speech on receiving the award with heart felt sentiments and gladly accepted it from Crann Tara.

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