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
  • History,  Scottish castles

    Doune Castle: seat of power

    July 30, 2014 /

    Is this my favourite castle yet? (It might just take the medieval biscuit!) The setting for 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and now the new 'Outlander' series, Doune Castle is a delight to explore!

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    Athelstaneford – a dovecot, an elusive battle, and the legend of Scotland’s flag

    August 14, 2014

    The Palace of Holyroodhouse

    January 20, 2016

    Nether Largie: secrets in stone

    October 2, 2013
  • History,  Scottish castles

    Castle Stalker: plenty to brood on

    August 16, 2012 /

    This island fortress has seen more than its fair share of horrible murders, even by Scottish standards; Castle Stalker's stage name of 'The Castle of Aaargh' is actually very fitting!

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    Tirefuir broch on the Isle of Lismore

    October 10, 2019

    St Bride’s revisited

    September 18, 2015

    The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan

    August 7, 2013

    "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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