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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    Killiecrankie: haunted by memories

    January 13, 2014

    Kilneuair Chapel

    January 1, 2021

    Dunkeld Cathedral: Scotland’s sacred heart

    January 10, 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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    Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar

    March 2, 2012

    Castle Sween: still watching for the sails

    June 13, 2013

    Lochbuie Stone Circle and Moy Castle, Isle of Mull

    January 13, 2024
  • 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

    ‘Song of the trees’

    December 14, 2017

    Midsummer’s Eve

    June 20, 2015
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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