The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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

    August 14, 2014 /

    What is an English-sounding name like Athelstaneford doing in eastern Scotland? And what does it have to do with our national flag?

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    Tarbert – the ‘place of portage’

    August 12, 2018

    Smailholm Tower

    November 13, 2016

    The Fair Maid’s House in Perth

    March 1, 2015
  • Bird’s foot trefoil

    August 2, 2014 /

    Affectionately called 'hen and chickens' or 'bacon and eggs', the flowers of bird's foot trefoil light up sand dunes, heathland and rocky shores

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    Bluebell enchantment

    April 16, 2015

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    Heath spotted-orchid

    June 14, 2012
  • 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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    Loch Leven Castle

    November 16, 2014

    Seacliff beach and the UK’s smallest harbour

    October 21, 2014

    The Battle of Dunnichen

    May 20, 2013
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    New book

    "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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