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

    Scotland’s haunted castles: would you be spooked?

    October 10, 2013 /

    Let's face it - no castle is complete without a spooky tale of the paranormal. Whatever you believe, it does heighten the senses!

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    Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015

    Iona: an island beyond words

    January 16, 2014

    Sweetheart Abbey

    June 14, 2012
  • History,  Scottish castles

    Dunnottar: the last bastion

    October 1, 2012 /

    Occupying a clifftop with perfect natural defences, Dunnottar has sea views to die for... and roots that stretch back into the realms of prehistory. If its story doesn't take your breath away, the North Sea wind certainly will!

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    Kilmory Knap Chapel – part two

    June 25, 2013

    The Battle of Dunnichen

    May 20, 2013

    Doune Castle: seat of power

    July 30, 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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