Sycamore gap tree felled - Words Fail Me
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It’s a bit disingenuous to make out trees are alive and special, but some a lot more so than others.
Then ignore the plight of all the trees and biospheres that are treated like crap for our own benefits.
Which is it?
Do you respect the natural world or not?
Or is this all just about shallow human materialism, saying this tree is important because we like to take pictures of it… but any other tree just gets ignored?
Who gives a f
k about what humans want?
This tree likely self seeded at a time when humans weren’t such shallow plonkers.
If you care about the tree, then go care about all trees!
Then ignore the plight of all the trees and biospheres that are treated like crap for our own benefits.
Which is it?
Do you respect the natural world or not?
Or is this all just about shallow human materialism, saying this tree is important because we like to take pictures of it… but any other tree just gets ignored?
Who gives a f
k about what humans want?This tree likely self seeded at a time when humans weren’t such shallow plonkers.
If you care about the tree, then go care about all trees!
TheJimi said:
Well, if you don’t want people to read too much into what you say, perhaps it would be worthwhile articulating your posts in a way that doesn’t lead the reader to an obvious conclusion - per your posts on this thread. Well, with the exception of your sarky one-liner at the start; at least that was unequivocal.
People sometimes WANT to believe things. Overactive anger genes I think.I love trees and it is sad that this one seems to have been cut down for no obvious reason. Although, there might be more to this than we currently are aware of.
bobbo89 said:
They'll get found out, you'd have to be a one man band absolute loner who didn't speak to anyone to get away with this and even then that very fact would put a target on your head, especially if you had the gear. Someone will know and then it'll be the usual "Don't tell anyone but...." scenario until it spreads wide enough to get to the police.
Absolute sthead thing to do but fairs fair, that's a bloody clean job!
On the other hand, trying to fell a tree that size - at night - when the remains of Storm Agnes was coming through - gusts of 50mph+ at Spadeadam at 11pm ~10 miles away - isn't something that I'd assume a professional interested in keeping their liability insurance and/or limbs intact would want to engage in.Absolute s
thead thing to do but fairs fair, that's a bloody clean job! 
Eric Mc said:
TheJimi said:
Well, if you don’t want people to read too much into what you say, perhaps it would be worthwhile articulating your posts in a way that doesn’t lead the reader to an obvious conclusion - per your posts on this thread. Well, with the exception of your sarky one-liner at the start; at least that was unequivocal.
People sometimes WANT to believe things. Overactive anger genes I think.I love trees and it is sad that this one seems to have been cut down for no obvious reason. Although, there might be more to this than we currently are aware of.
Keep going
Disastrous said:
I hadn’t heard of it until this thread but it seems a stty thing to do. Why, is the obvious question.
It's very much a local landmark. I hadn't heard of it until I moved up here. To those that know of it, it carries similar significance as a reference to the North as the Tyne Bridge does. Pretty much all tourist literature up here will use the image. Hence the outcry I'm seeing on some of the whatsapp groups I use. tty thing to do. Why, is the obvious question.It's part of the Northumberland National Park, and even features on the intro of the local news:
Nationally, not huge news, but locally, very much so.
edited to add: it was blowing a gale and chucking it down here last night, so whoever did it was certainly determined.
steveo3002 said:
AndyAudi said:
Eric Mc said:
Good idea.
I cut down an apple tree in my garden this summer. Should I hand myself in to the tree police?
They probably wouldn’t be interested if it was an in cider job….I cut down an apple tree in my garden this summer. Should I hand myself in to the tree police?
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