The Iconic tree at Sycamore Gap felled. (1 Viewer)

[Tonks]

I had really struggled to think of a reason behind this . This makes perfect sense.

Sadly I think that many acts of vandalism have no reasoning behind them whatsoever.

 

[Stewart J]

The local community and beyond and worldwide by some reports are outraged and upset by the senseless act, what a sad day.

 

[Stewart J]

Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall 'deliberately felled'

The tree, which is one of the UK's most photographed, was made famous after it featured in the 1991 Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. One man who proposed under it said he chose the place so he could revisit one day with his family.

news.sky.com

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[Swifter]

That does not look like the work of one 16 year old boy .

 

[DJT]

That does not look like the work of one 16 year old boy .

It didn’t look like that to me either.
Whoever did that knew how to use a chainsaw!
From the news footage I seen there was a gob cut into the trunk and the actual cut itself was the work of someone used to using a chainsaw!
Just my opinion I worked in the woods for three years in the late 60s with Lowther and Carruthers and my late uncle Bob Thomson.
DJT

 

[Swifter]

It didn’t look like that to me either.
Whoever did that knew how to use a chainsaw!
From the news footage I seen there was a gob cut into the trunk and the actual cut itself was the work of someone used to using a chainsaw!
Just my opinion I worked in the woods for three years in the late 60s with Lowther and Carruthers and my late uncle Bob Thomson.
DJT

I totally agree. That was well organised. Would have involved a vehicle driven up there carrying the chain and other equipment. Extremely professional and clean cut for a 16 year old . He must have started his forestry job at the age of 10.

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[Yorick]

Most folk are treating this like a rape attack.

Can you rate this out of ten on this scale

1. Looking at a child.

5 hurting a child

10 Assaulting a child

Is a tree so important. I really want to understand

 

[MattR]

It is a very poor cut; no professional would have done it that badly. Why would the they have required a vehicle to get there?

 

[Swifter]

It is a very poor cut; no professional would have done it that badly. Why would the they have required a vehicle to get there?

Because leaving the scene and openly carrying a chainsaw might be deemed as slightly suspicious.
What did you think made it a bad job , in terms of the cut ?

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[MattR]

It didn’t look like that to me either.
Whoever did that knew how to use a chainsaw!
From the news footage I seen there was a gob cut into the trunk and the actual cut itself was the work of someone used to using a chainsaw!
Just my opinion I worked in the woods for three years in the late 60s with Lowther and Carruthers and my late uncle Bob Thomson.
DJT

The back cut is shockingly bad. It should be higher than the notch cut.

 

[MattR]

Because leaving the scene and openly carrying a chainsaw might be deemed as slightly suspicious.
What did you think made it a bad job , in terms of the cut ?

A chainsaw could easily be accommodated in a bag which would be less obvious than a vehicle going there.

The back cut should be higher than the notch cut to stop the tree sliding back on the stump and hitting the chainsaw operator

 

[Swifter]

The back cut is shockingly bad. It should be higher than the notch cut.

I appreciate your opinion

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[TheBig1]

#TreeLivesMatter

 

[Pausim]

Most folk are treating this like a rape attack.

Can you rate this out of ten on this scale

1. Looking at a child.

5 hurting a child

10 Assaulting a child

Is a tree so important. I really want to understand

Of course hurting children is more serious and rightly the murder of a 15 year old in Croydon is headlining the news today (mostly, there are exceptions). However landscapes and trees also play an important part in the lives of many and contribute to their sense of well being. People attach important memories to special locations such as the Sycamore Gap hence the spreading of ashes and proposals that have taken place there.

 

[TheAleMan]

And what will the little s*%t get for the charge of criminal damage ? Not enough for me that’s for sure. If I had the nod on things, he would get 10 years for that and no early release either.

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[Just smiffy]

He should be given the birch…

 

[Swamp]

I heard an interesting comment on one news broadcast to the effect that Sycamore trees were regularly coppiced in the past, throwing up new shoots after cutting back. It could be that the stump is still alive and will throw up new growth in the spring. Maybe better and faster than planting a new tree….

 

[MichelleRyall]

I heard an interesting comment on one news broadcast to the effect that Sycamore trees were regularly coppiced in the past, throwing up new shoots after cutting back. It could be that the stump is still alive and will throw up new growth in the spring. Maybe better and faster than planting a new tree….

That has been mentioned in a news report so fingers x.

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[cyberyacht]

Make the miscreant cut the tree up by hand into small logs as part of his/her punishment. Ko Ko. Lord High Executioner

 

[Barclaybasher]

Lovely tree in a lovely setting, must have animals grazing there cos sycamores spread and grow like weeds.
Had some next to my home, pollarded to almost bare trunks - a couple of years later bigger than ever.
Isn't it time these teenagers were named and shamed?

 

[Pausim]

Coppicing or pollarding might give rise to rapid growth but neither will result in a mature tree with an iconic silhouette on the skyline.

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[dash300]

That timber will realise a significant sum if merchandised the correct way which could be ploughed back into some form of legacy.

 

[MattR]

There is talk of putting a replacement tree in the same area... it would be semi mature and look better than the coppiced regrowth but it would take decades to look close to the tree that was cut down.

 

[Yorick]

That timber will realise a significant sum if merchandised the correct way which could be ploughed back into some form of legacy.

Or given to a kid's orphanage where it will be better spent.

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[Stewart J]

Second arrest 60 year old man
Sycamore Gap tree destroyed LIVE: Police make second arrest after Northumberland landmark 'felled'
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/new...e-northumberland-live-27801497?utm_source=app

 

[Langtoftlad]

Use the felled wood to make a set of stocks, to be placed at the location... those convicted should spend their weekends in said stocks...

 

[tinkertaylor]

Seeing all the 200 year old oak trees felled for the HS2 in the name of progress........we really are in a right mess.

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[DJT]

Second arrest 60 year old man
Sycamore Gap tree destroyed LIVE: Police make second arrest after Northumberland landmark 'felled'
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/new...e-northumberland-live-27801497?utm_source=app

Wouldn’t mind betting the local farming community know who done it!!

 

[DJT]

Use the felled wood to make a set of stocks, to be placed at the location... those convicted should spend their weekends in said stocks...

A set of gallows would be more appropriate
DJT

 

[Silver-Fox]

Second arrest 60 year old man
Sycamore Gap tree destroyed LIVE: Police make second arrest after Northumberland landmark 'felled'
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/new...e-northumberland-live-27801497?utm_source=app

It’s good to see the Police have enough resources to investigate the tree felling.

I hope they have the same resources to investigate any local burglaries, thefts or break ins.

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