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
  • 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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    St Andrew’s Auld Kirk, North Berwick

    December 9, 2014

    Kilbride Kirk, Lerags

    July 4, 2017

    Jedburgh Abbey

    October 1, 2015
  • 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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    The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

    November 13, 2021

    Camas nan Geall: ‘the Bay of the Strangers’

    July 20, 2015

    A walk to Rí 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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    Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

    January 8, 2019

    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    A sport for kings at Falkland Palace

    June 7, 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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