John Morrison Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I’ve just read that the iconic tree at Sycamore Gap, on Hadrian’s Wall, was cut down last night. Why would anyone go to the trouble of destroying one of the best-loved – and most photographed – trees in the land? Here’s my version. Anybody else? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilla Dave Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I don’t have a picture but I read the news… and yes, whoever did that must be a very sad person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I never photographed it myself but I have a huge black and white framed print of it (by someone else) on the wall that was given to my Dad on his 90th birthday. He knew it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 So very sad that people can be such idiots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 A 16 year old boy has just been arrested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Of course being just 16, not much will happen to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 44 minutes ago, Michael Ventura said: Of course being just 16, not much will happen to him. Well, under supervision, he could be 'sentenced' to chopping up the tree he felled, and distributing the wood, as fuel, to the old folk of the neighbourhood. Then he should be made to dig a hole at Sycamore Gap, so another tree can take root... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) Hadrians Wall has for a long time been on one of my lists to one day visit. I wonder who took the last photograph of the tree at Sycamore Gap while it was still standing and how it would be valued. Alamy would likely value it at $1.00 or less. Edited September 28, 2023 by sb photos 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Very sad story. It reminds me of the felling of the golden spruce on Haida Gwaii in British Columbia by a deranged forest engineer back in 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Regrettably, as almost a local, I never photographed it. Won't be happening now ! There was a s suggestion on the radio this evening that it may grow back, as Sycamores are often controlled by pollarding. However, even it that did occur, it would take many years before it would reach its previous size. Madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 not an arborist, but would guess a sycamore 1/3rd that size could be found within a forest & successfully transplanted to that exact spot...? time to start a fundraiser.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Ore Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 On 30/09/2023 at 09:56, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg said: not an arborist, but would guess a sycamore 1/3rd that size could be found within a forest & successfully transplanted to that exact spot...? time to start a fundraiser.. ttps://blog.davey.com/large-tree-transplanting-how-big-of-a-tree-can-be-moved/ Requires work, and a forest tree would take time to adapt as they tend to grow narrow and up rather than spreading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hatton Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 My take on Sycamore Gap, my wife reading her Kindle while I take photos😊 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 A few thoughts, here, on what the future may hold. There is no guarantee that another sycamore tree, if planted, would thrive. Sycamore Gap is very exposed – to the worst of northern weather – which is why the survival of that singular tree was so remarkable… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 (edited) Oof... Edited October 3, 2023 by John Morrison Stupidity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 8 minutes ago, John Morrison said: Oof... Encore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 OK who was a pit sceptical when they arrested a 16 year old boy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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