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
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels,  History

    Cambuskenneth Abbey

    May 20, 2015 /

    Sitting in a loop of the River Forth within sight of Stirling Castle, this quiet place has witnessed some key moments in Scotland's history

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    Kilmartin church and graveyard

    July 24, 2018

    The old chapel of Kilvaree

    June 24, 2018

    St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore

    March 1, 2016
  • 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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    Inverlochy Castle

    October 24, 2020

    Kilneuair Chapel

    January 1, 2021

    A walk to RĂ­ Cruin Cairn

    September 28, 2019
  • History,  Scottish castles

    The value of Stirling

    December 8, 2013 /

    Forbidding and silent, Stirling Castle stands on a natural clifftop overlooking the River Forth. Battles have raged below its ramparts, and murders have taken place within its walls. Let's go inside and have a look!

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    Dunaverty and St Columba’s Footprints

    November 29, 2020

    Burnet rose

    July 12, 2021

    St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral

    March 20, 2014
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"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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