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  • Bluebell enchantment

    April 16, 2015 /

    As our woods start to shimmer with a heavenly blue haze, I'm looking at some of the folklore attached to these beautiful flowers

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    A walk to Barnakill

    October 9, 2021

    The ancient oak woods of Taynish

    July 2, 2015

    Winter trees in Glen Roy

    December 17, 2025
  • Clan MacThomas and the Clach na Coileach

    March 30, 2015 /

    Four dead men and a sackful of live chickens… I'm just waiting for someone to suggest foul play!

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    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014

    Culross Abbey

    July 29, 2016

    Castle Dounie

    March 26, 2021
  • A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015 /

    For their valuable source of food and their versatile building material, hazel trees have been prized since the dawn of time. But hazel nuts are believed to contain wisdom, and a little bit of magic as well...

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    The power of the elder

    June 21, 2019

    The enchantment of the rowan

    September 9, 2013

    The magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013
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