The Hazel Tree

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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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    Callanish: a ring to rule them all

    January 6, 2012

    Iona: Dun I and the Well of Eternal Youth

    May 1, 2023

    Kintraw’s lonely watcher

    June 19, 2014
  • 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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    A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn

    September 28, 2019

    Finding the Faery Isles

    October 27, 2019

    Glengarrisdale and Maclaine’s skull

    May 2, 2021
  • 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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    ‘All nature has a feeling’ by John Clare

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    A poem for Burns Night

    January 25, 2014

    ‘Song of the trees’

    December 14, 2017
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