The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015 /

    The ancient seat of the Douglas Earls of Angus, Tantallon Castle tells a story of power, violence and treason. Most visitors didn't bring a picnic - they brought guns!

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    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    Caisteal nan Coin Duibh – ‘the Castle of the Black Dogs’

    February 11, 2018

    The stones of Kilmory Oib

    May 26, 2015
  • Seacliff beach and the UK’s smallest harbour

    October 21, 2014 /

    Hidden from sight until you've almost fallen into it, this amazing feature is carved into the rock below Tantallon Castle.

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    Doune Castle: seat of power

    July 30, 2014

    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017

    Castle Coeffin: guarding a broken heart

    May 24, 2014
  • A surprise find on Seacliff beach

    August 13, 2014 /

    The beach below Tantallon Castle is full of fascinating rocks… and this has to be one of my best finds ever!

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    Glen Orchy – an old bridge, a magical stone and some desperate frogs

    December 29, 2014

    Coastal relics from the last Ice Age

    April 14, 2014

    Ardnamurchan’s volcano

    April 23, 2015
    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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