Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'

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Post by eirikurh » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 11:03 AM UTC

Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'
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Re: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'

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Post by a-posteriori » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 1:23 PM UTC

This is really disappointing. Truly, some people just want to watch the world burn...

Re: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'

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Post by techterrier » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 1:24 PM UTC

local landowner* was getting cross with all the people coming to see it. I've had a couple of run ins with them walking the dog there

* edit: i mentioned this on another forum and was corrected- the land is owned by the National Trust, my run ins were probably with a tennant farmer.

Re: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'

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Post by laserbeam » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 1:27 PM UTC

Ya know, if you're gonna illegally chop down a tree, at least steal the wood as well... Just saying...

Re: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'

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Post by datameta » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 1:28 PM UTC

techterrier wrote: post #3

local landowner* was getting cross with all the people coming to see it. I've had a couple of run ins with them walking the dog there * edit: i mentioned this on another forum and was corrected- the land is owned by the National Trust, my run ins were probably with a tennant farmer.

What happens when an unstoppable instagram generation meets an immovable NIMBY.

Re: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'

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Post by zui » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 1:29 PM UTC

The tree has its own Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_Tree

Re: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 1:33 PM UTC

'we have reason to believe it was deliberately felled'

One look at the base of that trunk and I think you can upgrade that to 'we know it was deliberately felled'.

Re: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'

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Post by tokai » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 1:35 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #7

'we have reason to believe it was deliberately felled' One look at the base of that trunk and I think you can upgrade that to 'we know it was deliberately felled'.

You know sometimes you just fall while carrying a motor saw with the throttle fully open. Happens to the best of us.

Re: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'

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Post by pavel_lishin » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 1:35 PM UTC

laserbeam wrote: post #4

Ya know, if you're gonna illegally chop down a tree, at least steal the wood as well... Just saying...

Never commit two crimes at the same time.

Re: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall's 'Sycamore Gap' has been 'felled'

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Post by dboreham » Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 1:35 PM UTC

I'm sure you can do "tooth pattern CSI" on a chain saw cut to prove which chain saw made it.