William Wallace, otherwise known as Braveheart/Mel Gibson, has his own memorial in Sterling - site of a famous battle where he defeated the more powerful english army. Turned out to be a losing cause and he lost the war in the end, but it makes a great story. He's also a symbol for Scottish independence.There's basically a huge tower overlooking the lowlands and the highlands of Scotland, and this is the statue that is at the base of the hill. Yes, it looks like Mel Gibson, but that's basically because the guy who created it was inspired to do it after seeing the movie - it's all kind of weird and caused a bit of controversy.
It was a bit cold after climbing to the top of the tower (really nothing to break the wind). In fact, I don't think I've ever been this cold in my life - taking about another four hours to warm up once we got back to heat.
