The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Latest blog posts on The Hazel Tree

  • Before the rain
  • St Brendan’s Seat
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood
  • Fincharn Castle on Loch Awe
  • Looking for a fairy portal

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
  • British trees,  Latest Feature,  Wildlife & Nature

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022 /

    The tree of dark magic, whose brilliant white blossoms are among the first to appear in spring

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    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    The song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015
  • Wildlife & Nature

    Solstice greetings

    December 20, 2021 /

    Warmest wishes for the festive season, and looking forward to the New Year

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    The trees of Dollar Glen

    August 25, 2014

    For the love of mistletoe

    November 30, 2014

    Back to Ballachuan

    September 10, 2018
  • Latest Feature,  Wild flowers,  Wildlife & Nature

    Honeysuckle

    September 6, 2021 /

    The woodbine has brilliant autumn berries... and a powerful magic

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    Remembering the magic of mistletoe

    December 8, 2019

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    Dunaverty and St Columba’s Footprints

    November 29, 2020
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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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