The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Latest blog posts on The Hazel Tree

  • Before the rain
  • St Brendan’s Seat
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood
  • Fincharn Castle on Loch Awe
  • Looking for a fairy portal

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

    Looking for the yew of Easragan

    May 20, 2019 /

    The quiet shores of Loch Etive have an age-old connection with bow-makers and Bannockburn

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    Dunyvaig Castle, Isle of Islay

    January 9, 2012

    The old chapel of Kilvaree

    June 24, 2018

    Dunollie Castle in Oban Bay

    April 10, 2012
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels,  History

    Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan

    March 25, 2016 /

    Sometimes the most beautiful churches have the least to say: this is certainly true of Kilmodan, high above Loch Etive

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    An old graveyard near Callander

    September 9, 2014

    Kilbride Kirk, Lerags

    July 4, 2017

    St Mary’s Church, Grandtully

    December 15, 2015
  • Carved crosses,  Churches, abbeys and chapels,  History

    Ardchattan Priory: a place of serenity on Loch Etive

    July 10, 2014 /

    Tucked away along the tranquil shores of Loch Etive is this lovely little ruin, with a long history and an impressive medieval cross

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    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    St Adamnan’s Cross in Glen Lyon

    February 20, 2016

    The Dupplin Cross

    September 16, 2014

"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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