What did you do Kosh - were you on the Ranger side of things? (I work for the Lake District NPA).
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[News] Sycamore Gap Tree
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****.
It’s worse than that, the tree was about 300 years old.
Superseagull
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- Jul 8, 2003
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Been there several times. It’s clearly absolutely premeditated and planned. It’s not the sort of place you can get to without a very long walk or someone to drive you close, then still a lengthy walk. Unlikely a 16 year old would drive there by themselves. To carry a big chainsaw there makes it extra hard work. My fear is it’s some 16 year old twat who did it as some sort of filmed social media stunt in a hope it would make him rich and/or famous. If so, then the social media platform it was intended for should be made to pay for a replacement tree in the most fully grown form that can be planted back at the site. Not a little sapling, a bloody big tree. Don’t care if it costs them millions.
AmexRuislip
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A stoning of the **** would be my choice.
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Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman stopped there on their way to Nottingham after landing on the South Coast.
Obviously Google Maps was a bit less reliable back then.
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Suffice it to say people up here are seriously pissed off about this.
AmexRuislip
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The tree was still a better actor than Costner.
Less wooden you mean?
AmexRuislip
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Yep
Yes I remember that they rowed across the Channel, landed on the beach and declared that they should leave immediately in order to get to Nottingham by nightfall. Presumably by Inter-City from Folkestone.
Pevenseagull
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- Jul 20, 2003
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Maybe the idiot behind it was a coppicing fanatic?
AmexRuislip
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Beloved Tree in England Is Felled in ‘Act of Vandalism’
Locals and tourists mourned the loss of one of Britain’s most photographed trees, which stood for hundreds of years in a dip in Hadrian’s Wall. The police said they had a suspect in custody.
Stateside news.
Doubt it. Trees that old and that big don't tend to coppice that well. More likely the shock will kill it - although a few small side shoots might pop out.
LamieRobertson
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portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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Down here they’re not too pleased either.
Could be cultural vandalism by Russians, sort of low risk, high gain act they love to do. We are at war remember everyone in all but name.
Kosh
'The' Yaztromo
Farming and rural enterprise officer.
My remit was woodland creation, so (yes) I’m a little bit miffed.
The irony here is that you probably wouldn’t get permission to plant a replacement bang slap in the middle of a scheduled monument and right in the middle of wader (Curlew) territory… although if it were replaced I’d prefer a native Oak or even a Beech… sadly I think we’ll only be left with the memories and none of us will live to see a mature tree take root & flourish in the gap again
I’m now working as a catchment advisor, planting trees along riparian corridors and restoring rivers to their natural state…
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portlock seagull
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16 yr old arrested in connection with I see.
Should be thrashed with the BIRCH…
Should be thrashed with the BIRCH…
Nice - got out and about a decent amount then. I'm in Rights of way and find myself increasingly keyboard bound...