The Hazel Tree

The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Latest blog posts on The Hazel Tree

  • Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach
  • Torinturk and the fort of the black dog
  • Before the rain
  • St Brendan’s Seat
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood

Latest blog posts for RSGS

Alexander Kellas - 'the most modest man that ever travelled the Himalayas'
Jane Digby el-Mezrab: from ballroom conquests to bedouin camps
Sir Everard im Thurn and an expedition to 'The Lost World'
Straight up the Prow: Roraima by the hardest route
  • History,  Latest Feature,  Wildlife & Nature

    Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022 /

    A hill fort with a spectacular view and an ancient (if rather bloodthirsty) legend

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    The Watchman Stone

    September 22, 2020

    Holyrood Abbey

    January 24, 2016

    Castle Sween: still watching for the sails

    June 13, 2013
  • History,  Wildlife & Nature

    Before the rain

    April 10, 2022 /

    Hidden treasures in the woods above Crinan: a carved stone, a Judgement Seat, a hill fort and the ruins of 'New York'

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    In a nutshell: Cardoness Castle

    February 13, 2016

    An old graveyard near Callander

    September 9, 2014

    Carnassarie Castle in Kilmartin Glen

    April 6, 2018
  • British trees,  Latest Feature,  Wildlife & Nature

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022 /

    The tree of dark magic, whose brilliant white blossoms are among the first to appear in spring

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    The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015

    The song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013
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    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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