The Hazel Tree

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  • Fincharn Castle on Loch Awe

    January 23, 2022 /

    History and folklore are interwoven in this crumbling but evocative ruin

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    Kilmorie Chapel by Loch Fyne

    October 17, 2016

    Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time

    October 18, 2013

    Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors

    March 9, 2015
  • Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017 /

    Often seen as an intruder in old woodlands, the sycamore still deserves a second glance for its beauty - and older specimens could tell a tale or two about bloodshed and drama!

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    The power of the elder

    June 21, 2019

    The song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013
  • Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016 /

    Ghosts of horses tend to come in different guises, some of them benevolent and some of them more inclined towards the Apocalypse. The story that is linked with Old Castle Lachlan is moving and gentle, touched by the sadness of Culloden

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    Dunkeld Cathedral: Scotland’s sacred heart

    January 10, 2014

    The value of Stirling

    December 8, 2013

    Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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