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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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    Kilbride Kirk, Lerags

    July 4, 2017

    Torphichen Preceptory – stone-cold but compelling

    April 15, 2015

    Keills Chapel: shadows of time

    April 5, 2015
  • 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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    The wild pansy, or heartsease

    March 31, 2014

    Bird’s foot trefoil

    August 2, 2014

    Wood sorrel

    April 6, 2013
  • 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 fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014
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