The Hazel Tree

The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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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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Orkney: the Ring of Brodgar

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  • Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen

    April 25, 2016 /

    We might have forgotten what went on there, but we're still drawn to stone circles like moths to a flame - and this one in Kilmartin Glen is certainly alluring

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    Inverlochy Castle

    October 24, 2020

    St Bride’s revisited

    September 18, 2015

    Orkney: the Earl’s Bu and some eventful Christmas feasts

    December 14, 2023
  • Book review: ‘The Rainforests of Britain and Ireland’ by Clifton Bain

    April 21, 2016 /

    You might remember that, back in the summer of last year, I wrote about the oak woods of Taynish in Knapdale.   These are one of the last remnants of Britain’s temperate rainforests, having flourished in the mild, moisture-laden climate of the west coast for around 7,000 years.  It’s an enchanting, invigorating place:  in spring, as you walk in dappled shadow beneath the freshly-emerging canopy of leaves, you feel as if you’re breathing the same air as Argyll’s ancient ancestors. I was therefore delighted to come across a new book entitled ‘The Rainforests of Britain and Ireland – A Traveller’s Guide’.  Written by Clifton Bain and published by Sandstone Press, it…

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    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022

    So many birds!

    May 7, 2020

    Orkney: St Magnus’ Cathedral, Kirkwall

    November 27, 2023
  • Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck

    April 5, 2016 /

    Who carved these intriguing symbols, and why? If there's wisdom in beauty, we can surely glimpse it here in this ancient woodland above Kilmartin Glen

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    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014

    Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial

    July 16, 2019

    The old chapel of Kilvaree

    June 24, 2018
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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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