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
  • Catkins

    Purdey’s Hallowe’en hallway horror

    October 29, 2015 /

    From reading about haunted castles and abbeys just recently, it struck me that the stairway is very often the hang-out of choice for ambitious apparitions who want to see some proper hands-on action. I was particularly interested to read a story about Airth Castle near Falkirk, whose phantom dog lurks in a hallway and has a habit of biting people’s ankles.   Believe me, I would soon sort him out.   A fistful of needle-sharp claws in his nose, and he’d go whimpering off back to his grotto. But the idea of haunting a stairway got me thinking.   I love stairs myself, and there’s usually a lot of fun to be had on…

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  • Catkins

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    February 10, 2015 /

    The votes have been cast… has your favourite won?

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  • Catkins

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    January 3, 2015 /

    It's finally arrived! The event you've been waiting for all year… this is your chance to vote in Purdey's Awards for Worldwide Stardom 2015!

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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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