The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Dryburgh Abbey

    September 11, 2015 /

    The pink sandstone ruins of Dryburgh Abbey stand in their own little pool of time, listening for the gentle chant of prayers

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    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016

    Kilbride Kirk, Lerags

    July 4, 2017

    St Brendan and the Garvellachs

    February 24, 2012
  • The Birnam Oak

    May 11, 2015 /

    Did this majestic tree - or the forest in which it stood - inspire Shakespeare with an idea for 'Macbeth'?

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    Autumn colours in Killiecrankie

    October 18, 2015

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019

    The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

    November 13, 2021
  • The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014 /

    Evergreen, toxic, and able to live for thousands of years… it's no wonder the yew tree was revered in ancient times.

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    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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