[News] Sycamore Gap Tree

[AmexRuislip]

 

[Bodian]

I must say I find this quite bizarre. It was awful that it was felled in that fashion - but the tree itself was nothing special - it's where it was and the framing of it in the gap and so on.

I have spent years of my life chopping down sycamore trees because they are a non-native, invasive species that support little or no wildlife and shades out our native trees with it's oversized leaves. To think that we're now propagating from it is just, well - odd.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I must say I find this quite bizarre. It was awful that it was felled in that fashion - but the tree itself was nothing special - it's where it was and the framing of it in the gap and so on.

I have spent years of my life chopping down sycamore trees because they are a non-native, invasive species that support little or no wildlife and shades out our native trees with it's oversized leaves. To think that we're now propagating from it is just, well - odd.

People are sentimental. That's not bizarre, however sentiment often has no place for logic.

 

[Eeyore]

2 more arrested and bailed, in their 30s.

Since been charged with high treeson....

Its the way I fell 'em.

 

[Bozza]

Two charged over Sycamore gap tree

Two men charged over felling of Sycamore Gap tree

Two charged with causing criminal damage to the famous Sycamore Gap tree and Hadrian's Wall.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Motogull]

On this occasion, firing up the woodchipper seems wrong. Feed them to the sharks.

 

[dangull]

Tree lives matter

 

[KZNSeagull]

2 appeared in court today. The brave boys walked to court wearing balaclavas.

Sycamore Gap: Man pleads not guilty to cutting down tree

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, both from Cumbria, are accused of damaging the world-famous tree.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[schmunk]

2 appeared in court today. The brave boys walked to court wearing balaclavas.

Sycamore Gap: Man pleads not guilty to cutting down tree

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, both from Cumbria, are accused of damaging the world-famous tree.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not, of course, to prejudice the trial, but that is not the attire one would typically associate with innocent men...

 

[Bodian]

Not, of course, to prejudice the trial, but that is not the attire one would typically associate with innocent men...

Should have been wearing one of these as disguise really

 

[BLOCK F]

Two charged over Sycamore gap tree

Two men charged over felling of Sycamore Gap tree

Two charged with causing criminal damage to the famous Sycamore Gap tree and Hadrian's Wall.

www.bbc.co.uk

Only two of them?
I thought ‘tree fellers were involved.’

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

The defiition of moronic and sensely stupidity and to top it all they go to court dressed up as daft punk

 

[Muzzman]

The defiition of moronic and sensely stupidity and to top it all they go to court dressed up as daft punk

Well they certainly have the daft part down... in fact, they actually remind me of a couple of people...

 

[MJsGhost]

I posted this on the 'Good news' thread, but thought I should post it here on its own thread too...

Felled Sycamore Gap tree may live on after green shoots appear on stump

‘Astonishing’ signs of regrowth discovered on world-famous tree, whose destruction led to outpouring of grief

www.theguardian.com

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Nature is wonderful.

People are f****** morons

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

I posted this on the 'Good news' thread, but thought I should post it here on its own thread too...

Felled Sycamore Gap tree may live on after green shoots appear on stump

‘Astonishing’ signs of regrowth discovered on world-famous tree, whose destruction led to outpouring of grief

www.theguardian.com

Major result. In a few hundred year's time we'll have the tree back to its former glory, and let's hope we're all still around to see it.

 

[Frutos]

BBC News - Sycamore Gap sapling gifted in memory of boy with cancer

Sycamore Gap sapling gifted in memory of boy with cancer

The National Trust is encouraging people to apply for 'Tree of Hope' descendants of the famous sycamore.

www.bbc.com

 

[dejavuatbtn]

BBC News - Sycamore Gap sapling gifted in memory of boy with cancer

Sycamore Gap sapling gifted in memory of boy with cancer

The National Trust is encouraging people to apply for 'Tree of Hope' descendants of the famous sycamore.

www.bbc.com

Yep, saw this on the news and they have a load of saplings to put out there for good causes - I’m afraid it will be more bait for the w******s who spend their lives destroying the little things that matter to others.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

There are multiple shoots growing from the original stump, which have been thinned out, to give the tree a chance of growing well.
In the meantime, the removed shoots have been replanted, grown and now distributed around the country.

 

[Zeberdi]

Sadly, trees growing from suckers, are likely to look more like a bush than the original tree and even if pruned to encourage a single stem, they are prone to disease and much weaker structurely.

But life is life.