The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • In a nutshell: Cardoness Castle

    February 13, 2016 /

    Ancient seat of the McCullochs, Cardoness Castle has seen some troubled times. Violence, plunder, feuding... it all went on here!

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    Killiecrankie: haunted by memories

    January 13, 2014

    A writing update

    July 12, 2024

    Rosslyn Castle – falling shadows

    April 1, 2016
  • In a nutshell: the daisy or ‘day’s eye’

    May 31, 2014 /

    Known as the 'day's eye', because the flowers open only in full sunlight and close up again at dusk. Perhaps we should feel guilty about mowing their heads off!

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    The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

    November 13, 2021

    Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow

    April 25, 2015

    Ardvreck Castle

    November 18, 2024
  • In a nutshell: the Linlithgow Palace fountain

    May 14, 2014 /

    This ornate fountain welcomed Mary of Guise, bride of James V, to her new home; and in 1745 it flowed with wine in the presence of Bonnie Prince Charlie!

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    St Brendan and the Garvellachs

    February 24, 2012

    The Treshnish Isles

    July 5, 2021

    St Adamnan’s Cross in Glen Lyon

    February 20, 2016
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    New book

    "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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