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
  • History,  Latest Feature,  Wildlife & Nature

    Finding the Faery Isles

    October 27, 2019 /

    Is there some ancient magic about these tiny wooded islets in Loch Sween?

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    Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015

    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011

    Loch Leven Castle

    November 16, 2014
  • History

    The dark mill of Coilebar

    August 25, 2018 /

    A centuries-old mill in the heart of Knapdale Forest... and a refuge for a woman fleeing for her life

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    In a nutshell: ‘The Curse of Scotland’

    March 15, 2014

    Cambuskenneth Abbey

    May 20, 2015

    Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

    January 8, 2019
  • Carved crosses,  History

    From Arichonan to Kilmory Oib

    August 20, 2018 /

    Near this ruined village in Knapdale Forest, clear waters run beneath a cross-carved stone...

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    Inveraray Cross

    August 30, 2013

    Aberlemno: riddles in stone

    October 10, 2012

    The Dupplin Cross

    September 16, 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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