The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Latest blog posts on The Hazel Tree

  • Before the rain
  • St Brendan’s Seat
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood
  • Fincharn Castle on Loch Awe
  • Looking for a fairy portal

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
  • Carved crosses,  History

    St Adamnan’s Cross in Glen Lyon

    February 20, 2016 /

    Who lived in this extraordinary glen, 1300 years ago? One man who did was St Adamnan, and this simple cross remembers his kindness...

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    The Lerags Cross

    July 2, 2017

    The Pictish stone of Fowlis Wester

    August 5, 2016

    Ardchattan Priory: a place of serenity on Loch Etive

    July 10, 2014
  • History,  Scottish castles

    Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard

    February 16, 2016 /

    On top of a little wooded knoll in Glen Lyon, I felt as if I'd stepped straight into a legend...

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    St Andrews: the legacy of St Rule

    March 14, 2014

    Kelso Abbey: piety and pride

    March 11, 2012

    Castle Stalker: plenty to brood on

    August 16, 2012
  • History,  Megalithic sites

    The stone circles of Fortingall

    May 11, 2014 /

    Stirred by recent human activity, these ancient circles present an enduring puzzle. Sometimes it really is better to leave stones unturned!

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    Blackness Castle

    July 22, 2017

    Dryburgh Abbey

    September 11, 2015

    Kilberry: sculptured stones and an enduring mystery

    November 17, 2013
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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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