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
  • History

    Tantallon – a ring of truth?

    February 1, 2015 /

    While I was writing about Tantallon Castle, I got sidetracked by an alluring story...

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    Falkland Palace: power and glory

    June 5, 2014

    Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck

    April 5, 2016

    Ghosts of St Andrews

    October 17, 2014
  • History,  Scottish castles

    Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015 /

    The ancient seat of the Douglas Earls of Angus, Tantallon Castle tells a story of power, violence and treason. Most visitors didn't bring a picnic - they brought guns!

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    Dunvegan Castle – still holding fast

    August 6, 2013

    A sport for kings at Falkland Palace

    June 7, 2014

    Culross Abbey

    July 29, 2016
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels,  History

    St Andrew’s Auld Kirk, North Berwick

    December 9, 2014 /

    I'm fast discovering that North Berwick is a town with a long history - and some of it is hidden in full view! Take, for example, this bijou whitewashed building on the sea front...

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    Kilmartin church and graveyard

    July 24, 2018

    Wenlock Priory: hauntingly beautiful

    July 30, 2012

    Dunstaffnage Chapel – haunted by sadness

    June 26, 2015
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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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