The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Latest blog posts on The Hazel Tree

  • Torinturk and the fort of the black dog
  • Before the rain
  • St Brendan’s Seat
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood
  • Fincharn Castle on Loch Awe

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

    The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan

    August 7, 2013 /

    It's 1580, you're in an advancing army and you see the MacLeods on the other side start to unfurl their Fairy Flag. What do you do? You run!

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    Loch Dochart Castle

    March 5, 2015

    The stones of Kilmory Oib

    May 26, 2015

    Glen More and the headless horseman

    May 16, 2015
  • History,  Scottish castles

    Dunvegan Castle – still holding fast

    August 6, 2013 /

    This fortress on Skye's north-west coast has stood guard over MacLeod lands for nearly 750 years; and it contains some spellbinding treasures!

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    Kintraw’s lonely watcher

    June 19, 2014

    History by the roadside: Duncan Cameron’s Cairn

    July 7, 2012

    A walk to Barnakill

    October 9, 2021
  • History

    Winchester’s Round Table: inspired by a legend

    July 2, 2013 /

    The Great Hall at Winchester Castle houses a tribute to King Arthur, Britain's 'once and future king'. Prepare to be amazed...

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    The Lewis Chessmen

    September 21, 2016

    Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

    January 8, 2019

    The Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen

    March 13, 2016
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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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