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Emotion: Supporters of the UK have gathered at a
cairn on the Scottish border; this image shows members of the public spelling
out an N next to the round structure
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Cairn is made up of 100,000
stones placed by members of the public at Gretna on the Scottish border. Supporters have been travelling from all
parts of the UK to add to the pile - with many overcome by emotion.
Christine Kettyle wasn’t sure what to expect. She
certainly wasn’t expecting to burst in to tears. But as she stands back and
takes in this extraordinary monument to the human bonds which unite this
fractious kingdom, she is overwhelmed.
‘I just feel that we’re about to see our family break
up and so this has made me incredibly emotional,’ she says, before adding an
impeccably British: ‘Sorry!’
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Organization: Alice Bragg is one of those who is
helping to construct the cairn (L); International: As this map shows, the stones
have come from all over Britain and the world (R)
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We
are standing slap bang on the Scottish-English border at Gretna. Before us,
stands a pile of tens of thousands of rocks and stones, some painted with the
Union flag, some with the Saltire, some with little messages. Most are just
plain stones from all over Britain. All are a plea for unity on Thursday.
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