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Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:37 am
by 4:20
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:52 am
by Jjjack
Saw this news this morning, not sure what anybody would get from just cutting it down.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:54 am
by durhamclaret
Is this for real, the culprits need jailing.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:55 am
by claretonthecoast1882
Sadly decent folk on this island have to share it with some complete arseholes
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:56 am
by 4midable
Where is that
Who wood do such a thing
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:59 am
by HollandsPies
Hadrian's Wall, 4midable.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:59 am
by Rick_Muller
4midable wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:56 am
Where is that
Who wood do such a thing
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023 ... ely-felled
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:01 pm
by 4:20
4midable wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:56 am
Where is that
Who wood do such a thing
Up near Hexham. It's already been renamed on Google Maps, which tickled me.
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Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:11 pm
by clansman
I despair of our society. Why in Gods name would anyone take a chainsaw to a well known and loved landmark in the middle of the night.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:18 pm
by Spijed
Such as shame. It's arguably the most famous part of the "Military Way" which is the most visible piece of the wall that runs for about 20 miles (84 miles in total) from Bowness on Sea to Wallsend.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:28 pm
by bfcjg
**** of the earth, I hope if the culprit is caught the maximum fine is imposed.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:33 pm
by Dark Cloud
If this is for real it's absolutely mind boggling. I can't help but suspect it's a wind up. It's an iconic tree in an amazing location right beside a gap in Hadrian's Wall. The "Twice Brewed Inn" is very close by and that's a brilliant pub with it's own overnight rooms, brewery and restaurant and it's own visiting star gazing professor who dishes out telescopes after dark and then shows you what to look at. The walks from there along the wall are great, including the Sycamore Gap. I've been a couple of times and I'm booked again in October.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:43 pm
by Venkys4eva
Dark Cloud wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:33 pm
If this is for real it's absolutely mind boggling. I can't help but suspect it's a wind up. It's an iconic tree in an amazing location right beside a gap in Hadrian's Wall. The "Twice Brewed Inn" is very close by and that's a brilliant pub with it's own overnight rooms, brewery and restaurant and it's own visiting star gazing professor who dishes out telescopes after dark and then shows you what to look at. The walks from there along the wall are great, including the Sycamore Gap. I've been a couple of times and I'm booked again in October.
'If this is real' & 'you suspect its a wind up'
now ive read it all on here
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:43 pm
by CharlieinNewMexico
Surely No way that tree has been cut straight across like that and fallen at that angle
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:44 pm
by Lip
This world is full of sad *****,hope they are caught and given a stiff sentence..
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:48 pm
by Oshkoshclaret
Absolutely mind boggling that someone would go to all that trouble to destroy something so beautiful.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:08 pm
by Dark Cloud
Venkys4eva wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:43 pm
'If this is real' & 'you suspect its a wind up'
now ive read it all on here
Not sure what you mean. Well I was out and about when I saw this thread and hadn't had chance to check the news. My initial reaction was somebody could have been doing a bit of photoshop ping and putting out fake news, although absolutely devastating if that wasn't the case. I've looked at the news now and seems it's actually genuine.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:30 pm
by HagridsHut
It’s just a tree
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:31 pm
by Bordeauxclaret
Well that’s true but I’m not sure it’s the point.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:32 pm
by Rileybobs
Hard to tell which is the real picture because the OP has posted a picture of the tree felled and one of it still standing in all it's glory.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:37 pm
by burnley007
Absolutely incredible. It's in the middle of nowhere, somebody had to go massively out of their way to do this.
It makes literally no sense.
Just so very sad.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:41 pm
by durhamclaret
HagridsHut wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:30 pm
It’s just a tree
What a ridiculous comment, it was a symbol of the National Park and a place for treasured memories for lots of people and irreplaceable.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:48 pm
by HagridsHut
durhamclaret wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:41 pm
What a ridiculous comment, it was a symbol of the National Park and a place for treasured memories for lots of people and irreplaceable.
Treesured memories, well now they have a stump - im sure there will be a plaque or something in its place.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:49 pm
by wilks_bfc
That’s a disgrace.
A group of us walked along Hadrians Wall to raise funds for the grassroots football club we coach at and the tree was obviously one of the landmarks we saw along the way.
Shame the culprit appears to have known what they were doing so that it didn’t fall on them
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:17 pm
by BigChaCha
It’s just a tree
They're just kids messing about... (said about the drunk, coked-up chavs harassing people on the train)...
It's just a crisp packet... (said about a chav contributing to filling up the streets of Manchester with shite)...
They're just green fields... (said about the relentless concreting over of the Ribble Valley)...
Tourists are a good thing... (said about the countless and growing drunk fights in Bowness)...
It's this kind of attitude that has and is ruining this country... We have lost our moral and cultural compass!
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:33 pm
by what_no_pies
burnley007 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:37 pm
Absolutely incredible. It's in the middle of nowhere, somebody had to go massively out of their way to do this.
It makes literally no sense.
Just so very sad.
Done the walk several times. It's hard to imagine anyone carting a chainsaw to and from the scene to the road or car park.
Not everyone would have to go far to do something like this and I expect much of any police investigation will centre around local landowners who may not welcome the constant stream of visitors.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:34 pm
by Firthy
No words except to say I despair for today's society.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:38 pm
by durhamclaret
HagridsHut wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:48 pm
Treesured memories, well now they have a stump - im sure there will be a plaque or something in its place.
Treesured, that’s so funny, I have personal memories of people passed away you prat
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:42 pm
by claret2018
Absolutely no chance this is some random clown who fancied a bit of random vandalism.
It’s a professional job that requires know-how and specialist tools. Somebody’s been paid by someone to do this, likely a local farmer/landowner who has got fed up with the number of visitors to the area.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:04 pm
by ClaretDiver
HagridsHut wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:48 pm
Treesured memories, well now they have a stump - im sure there will be a plaque or something in its place.
Not quite sure if you are fishing or truly just a complete and utter ****
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:44 pm
by Rick_Muller
ClaretDiver wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:04 pm
Not quite sure if you are fishing or truly just a complete and utter ****
it's not mutually exclusive, they can be a complete ar5e
AND fishing
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:50 pm
by ALP
A 16 year old boy has been arrested in connection to the felling of this iconic tree.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:55 pm
by TheFamilyCat
claret2018 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:42 pm
Absolutely no chance this is some random clown who fancied a bit of random vandalism.
It’s a professional job that requires know-how and specialist tools. Somebody’s been paid by someone to do this, likely a local farmer/landowner who has got fed up with the number of visitors to the area.
Or a 16-year old kid.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:56 pm
by clansman
A 16 year old vandal. Surely birching him would be a good way of punishing him! The absolute **** bag.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:08 pm
by Spijed
A 16 year old, on his own, with a chain saw in the middle of the night, having to walk some distance from the nearest road?
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:14 pm
by ALP
Spijed wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:08 pm
A 16 year old, on his own, with a chain saw in the middle of the night, having to walk some distance from the nearest road?
It appears that way.
A 20 minute walk for a young lad isn't a long walk and chainsaws aren't exactly heavy.
Bigger question for me is why would you?
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:17 pm
by AlargeClaret
I’d imagine this is either some kid with mental issues or he’s been paid to fell it by someone with a grudge towards the NT? or local authority perhaps ? Looks a “ good” clean job and quite staggering that anyone would do this .
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:25 pm
by jrgbfc
ALP wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:14 pm
It appears that way.
A 20 minute walk for a young lad isn't a long walk and chainsaws aren't exactly heavy.
Bigger question for me is why would you?
They aren't light either. To cut down a tree that size you'd have to know what you were doing, particularly if it was done in the dark.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:39 pm
by Falcon
First arrest of many possibly. I'm struggling to believe a 16 year old acting alone could do this.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 5:20 pm
by Claretnick
I despair of the human race at times and at the disgusting attitudes that are prevalent on this Island. I mean just look at the littering around the highways, dumped and dropped by ignorant disgusting people.
We don't deserve this beautiful planet that is our home...
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 5:20 pm
by groove
This is terrible.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:17 pm
by Volvoclaret
I've had many years of walking this part of the wall and despair at the mentality of someone who could wreak such vandalism on a national monument.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:25 pm
by Taffy on the wing
Wow!........makes no sense at all.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:34 pm
by Healeywoodclaret
HagridsHut wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:30 pm
It’s just a tree
A beautiful 300 year old living tree. Absolutely appalling news. Wanton destruction for no reason. **** bag who did this should be hung from a tree
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:38 pm
by tarkys_ears
A bit of perspective is needed before condemning the whole ******* human race because one clown has chopped down a tree
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:39 pm
by Bigbopper
Do all 16-year-olds now possess a chainsaw? Possible defence ADHD that seems to get you off.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:49 pm
by lakedistrictclaret
Feelings are running high in Northumberland and Cumbria.
If the identity of who did this gets out, their safety will be in danger.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:53 pm
by ALP
jrgbfc wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:25 pm
They aren't light either. To cut down a tree that size you'd have to know what you were doing, particularly if it was done in the dark.
They weigh nowt, a long cut chainsaw is about 7Kg, and cutting a tree down in one isn't that hard, scaling it and cutting it down in lumps is a different beast. My camera with the long lens weighs more and I carry that for miles over the moors; and I'm in my 60's.
Time will tell the whole story, but it's a sad story as the tree isn't there now.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:56 pm
by turfytopper
burnley007 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:37 pm
Absolutely incredible. It's in the middle of nowhere, somebody had to go massively out of their way to do this.
It makes literally no sense.
Just so very sad.
It makes no sense at all....unless he was paid to do it?
Images of that tree backlit by The Northern Lights sell for big money.......no chance of a photographer taking the next image now.
Re: Sycamore Gap Tree
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:22 pm
by nil_desperandum
HagridsHut wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:30 pm
It’s just a tree
That's the whole point.
You can rebuild / replace an iconic building, structure, statue etc., but you can't rebuild a tree, and it will take centuries to regrow similar.
Vandalising /felling a healthy tree is one of the worst forms of vandalism. Irreparable, irreplaceable.
