The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • A sport for kings at Falkland Palace

    June 7, 2014 /

    What was the exciting sport enjoyed by Mary Queen of Scots? And just how did I end up playing it myself?

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    Tantallon – a ring of truth?

    February 1, 2015

    St Fillan and Glen Dochart

    July 31, 2011

    Croft Moraig: circle of light

    January 8, 2015
  • Falkland Palace: power and glory

    June 5, 2014 /

    Sitting on the quiet main street of Falkland in Fife is one of the most remarkable Scottish castles, brainchild of the brilliant but ill-fated Stewart kings

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    Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016

    St Andrew’s Auld Kirk, North Berwick

    December 9, 2014

    Dun Beag: hilltop fortress

    May 3, 2013
  • 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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    Inchbuie: an island of dreams

    January 15, 2013

    Before the rain

    April 10, 2022

    The Watchman Stone

    September 22, 2020
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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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