The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Latest blog posts on The Hazel Tree

  • Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach
  • Torinturk and the fort of the black dog
  • Before the rain
  • St Brendan’s Seat
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood

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
  • Wildlife & Nature

    The Birnam Oak: in the presence of greatness

    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 darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    The primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014

    Snowdrops: welcome signs of spring

    February 21, 2013
  • British trees,  Wildlife & Nature

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013 /

    A new series, taking a look at the natural history and folklore of Britain's trees

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    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013

    The magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    "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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