The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Latest blog posts on The Hazel Tree

  • Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach
  • Torinturk and the fort of the black dog
  • Before the rain
  • St Brendan’s Seat
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood

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
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels,  History

    St Michael’s Church, Linlithgow

    February 4, 2015 /

    Sitting right next to Linlithgow Palace, for centuries St Michael's Church has welcomed Scotland's kings to worship under its roof.

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    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017

    Wenlock Priory: hauntingly beautiful

    July 30, 2012

    St Bride’s: a history worth saving

    June 20, 2018
  • History

    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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    Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

    November 18, 2015

    Glen Lonan: ‘The Road of the Kings’

    March 24, 2014

    Dunstaffnage Chapel – haunted by sadness

    June 26, 2015
  • History

    Scotland’s haunted castles: would you be spooked?

    October 10, 2013 /

    Let's face it - no castle is complete without a spooky tale of the paranormal. Whatever you believe, it does heighten the senses!

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    Silent voices of Arichonan

    August 8, 2018

    Dunyvaig Castle, Isle of Islay

    January 9, 2012

    Ghosts of St Andrews

    October 17, 2014

    "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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