A 500-MILE rally is set to expand the Yes message to the furthest parts of Scotland.

The I Would Walk 500 Miles event, backed by the Proclaimers, on September 15 will take place over three weeks.

Participants will walk for 25 miles for six to seven hours a day until the full 500 miles have been walked at the end of the event.

The march will start on September 15 at 12pm and end on October 6 in Edinburgh.

The rally will start at Portree with SNP’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford launching the event.

Yes supporters will then walk to Ullapool, Inverness (September 18), Nairn, Elgin, Fraserburgh (September 22), Peterhead, Aberdeen, Forfar, Dundee, Scone, Stirling (September 30) and Glasgow (October 2).

It is held on the same day as Hope Over Fear’s independence march in Glasgow so is expected to draw large crowds.

The 500-mile rally will finish in Edinburgh.

Dave Llewellyn, one of the event’s organisers, said the rally is “going to be something that’s continuous and reaches out to the far corners of the country”.

He added: “Lots of independence events are very central but this will go to lots of villages and right up the north coast.

“Each village is contacting Yes groups as part of the gathering. Local groups can walk a mile with us or do the whole 25-mile route if they want. People will leave and people will join on the way. “

Llewellyn said the event has taken off since it went live four days ago, receiving 1.6 million retweets on Twitter last week.

“It’s one of those things that starts small and is going to grow. I think it is going to grow arms and legs and become a monster.”

Llewyn received a message from The Proclaimers manager about the event. It said: “Craig and Charlie wish you and everyone involved in the campaign all the very best with your endeavours around the I would walk 500 miles march.”

There are only three spaces left of the 10 available for full-time walkers who will do the whole 500-mile route.

Confirmed independence organisations taking part include Carnoustie, Skye and West Lothian Yes groups.

However, 130 Yes groups took part in a vote for the next independence event in Scotland, with the 500-mile rally emerging as the most popular idea.

Llewellyn added: “It’s early days but we are expecting all Yes groups in Scotland to be involved.

“The march is taking in a lot of Scotland that has been forgotten at these events and will allow them to participate and exchange conversations with other yes groups.

“We are spreading the word.

“We will let people know the fight for an independent Scotland is not over."

For more information about the event go to the I Would Walk 500 Miles Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1849376692022624/.