The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Dunvegan Castle

    August 6, 2013 /

    This fortress on Skye's north-west coast has stood guard over MacLeod lands for nearly 750 years; and it contains some spellbinding treasures!

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    Looking at crannogs

    April 21, 2014

    The island of Gigha

    May 12, 2019

    Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time

    October 18, 2013
  • Winchester’s Round Table: inspired by a legend

    July 2, 2013 /

    The Great Hall at Winchester Castle houses a tribute to King Arthur, Britain's 'once and future king'. Prepare to be amazed...

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    Looking for the yew of Easragan

    May 20, 2019

    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

    November 18, 2015
  • An Adlestrop moment

    June 29, 2013 /

    I’m taking a bit of a diversion from my usual Hazel Tree topics because it’s late June. I think I’d better explain. There are lots of poems that I admire, and while I was remembering some of them recently it occurred to me that most of them are connected with the seasons. And every summer, around about now, the words of Edward Thomas’s ‘Adlestrop’ are going round in my head, and I’m looking for my Adlestrop moment.   Not every summer has one of these, but when it happens you just have to stop and enjoy it.  It doesn’t have to be late June, but it’s even better if it…

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    A timeless moment

    April 6, 2014

    A poem for Easter

    April 2, 2015

    Midwinter hope

    December 4, 2013
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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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