The Hazel Tree

The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Calanais

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A walk to St Columba’s Bay

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The Hill o’ Many Stanes

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The brochs of Glenelg

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Orkney: the Stones of Stenness

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  • Dunvegan Castle

    August 6, 2013 /

    This fortress on Skye's north-west coast has stood guard over MacLeod lands for nearly 750 years; and it contains some spellbinding treasures!

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    Athelstaneford – a dovecot, an elusive battle, and the legend of Scotland’s flag

    August 14, 2014

    Glen Lonan: ‘The Road of the Kings’

    March 24, 2014

    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016
  • Winchester’s Round Table: inspired by a legend

    July 2, 2013 /

    The Great Hall at Winchester Castle houses a tribute to King Arthur, Britain's 'once and future king'. Prepare to be amazed...

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    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011

    Killiecrankie: haunted by memories

    January 13, 2014

    Jedburgh Abbey

    October 1, 2015
  • An Adlestrop moment

    June 29, 2013 /

    I’m taking a bit of a diversion from my usual Hazel Tree topics because it’s late June. I think I’d better explain. There are lots of poems that I admire, and while I was remembering some of them recently it occurred to me that most of them are connected with the seasons. And every summer, around about now, the words of Edward Thomas’s ‘Adlestrop’ are going round in my head, and I’m looking for my Adlestrop moment.   Not every summer has one of these, but when it happens you just have to stop and enjoy it.  It doesn’t have to be late June, but it’s even better if it…

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    A poem for Easter

    April 2, 2015

    ‘November’ by John Clare

    November 3, 2015

    A poem for Burns Night

    January 25, 2014
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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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