The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

  • About The Hazel Tree
  • Books
  • Contact
  • About The Hazel Tree
  • Books
  • Contact

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
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels,  History,  Latest Feature

    Kilneuair Chapel

    January 1, 2021 /

    Is this the 'lost' chapel of St Columba, dreaming its hours and years away beside the waters of Loch Awe?

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    St Andrews: the legacy of St Rule

    March 14, 2014

    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016

    Kilberry: sculptured stones and an enduring mystery

    November 17, 2013
  • Photography

    Windows: Old Castle Lachlan

    February 4, 2017 /

    Something to brighten a rainy day… the view from a window in Old Castle Lachlan on Loch Fyne. This is the ancient stronghold of the Maclachlans of Strathlachlan, and it certainly has some stories to tell.  You can read more in this article on The Hazel Tree. Photo © Jo Woolf

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Windows: Culross Palace

    July 31, 2017

    Gateway into 2015

    January 2, 2015

    White cottage at Arisaig

    July 17, 2014
  • History,  Scottish castles

    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

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Dunvegan Castle – still holding fast

    August 6, 2013

    The Govan Stones

    April 29, 2015

    St Fillan and Glen Dochart

    July 31, 2011
12

"To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
All content - © 2022 Jo Woolf - Ashe Theme by Royal-Flush
 

Loading Comments...