Sycamore Gap Tree

[alchresearch]

Waste not, want not. I've got one use for that wood:

 

(I've actually got another wooden structure in mind....)
 

[Rollypolly]

1 hour ago, alchresearch said:

Waste not, want not. I've got one use for that wood:

 

(I've actually got another wooden structure in mind....)
 

Poetic justice 🌳

[Jim Hardie]

6 hours ago, cressida said:

People were phoning in on Radio 5 Live and someone suggested planting another sycamore tree,  he said it only takes ten years to grow full size.

Is that a bonsai sycamore?

[hackey lad]

Right , I’m going to say it .  Gypsies , think how many pegs you could make out of that .

[Baron99]

23 hours ago, Rollypolly said:

If it is a 16 year old he'll probably just get a slap on the wrist and be allowed to continue his life of crime. 

If it was up to me I'd say & 10k fine & you WILL pay it, even if it takes a life time plus here's a hand axe, there's the tree, turn it into 5" sticks of kindling. 

 

That's your weekends sorted out until you're about 70! 

 

[Organgrinder]

5 minutes ago, Baron99 said:

If it was up to me I'd say & 10k fine & you WILL pay it, even if it takes a life time plus here's a hand axe, there's the tree, turn it into 5" sticks of kindling. 

 

That's your weekends sorted out until you're about 70! 

 

Not a bad idea at all.

[wearysmith]

20 hours ago, ThePilot said:

Suggested that it was for tiktok.

His execution should be posted on Tik-bloody-Tok.....

[Resident]

https://news.sky.com/story/sycamore-gap-tree-second-person-arrested-in-connection-with-felling-of-iconic-landmark-12972772

 

Second arrest made, a 60yr old man. 

 

Starting to look a lot like a local landowner not wanting the tourism. 

 

Local businesses that rely on the tourists are concerned now about loss of income leading to unemployment 

[hauxwell]

I find it hard to believe that it will  stop tourists coming to visit Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman garrisons because some idiots have destroyed the sycamore tree.  I don’t live to far from Hadrian’s Wall and have often walked along parts of the wall and surrounding area, there are lovely views of the landscape. There’s something magical about the whole area. 

 

It’s a pity the ghosts of the Roman soldiers didn’t chop the culprits down when they were vandalising the tree.

[Baron99]

They showed on the news this morning that someone's planted another sycamore about 15-20 metres from the original.