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[Sir Tigger KC]

We're being led to believe that a 16 year old went out in the dead of night, to the middle of nowhere and under the cover of a big storm cut down a big 300 year old tree for a laugh.   

Although apparently a 60 year old man has also been arrested now, and a farm near Hexham has been searched by Northumbria's finest.  Special Branch? 

Joking apart, I wonder what the real reason that tree was cut down and who dunnit?    Looking at the pictures, whoever cut down that tree knew what they were doing and it looks like a professional hit! 

I've seen suggestions that there have been planning applications for windfarms in the area, so maybe that tree was in the way?  I'd imagine that the gap would be handy spot for an access road to get through Hadrian's Wall? 

Time will tell and the truth will come out!   

[Sir Tigger KC]

Here's a comment I've lifted from an article on the UnHerd website and as well as the author commenting on the professional cut, he also notes that as the person arrested is 16, he is entitled to anonymity. 

Interesting. What's the betting that they don't name the 60 year old either?   

I’ve had a close look at images of the stump. The notch, back cut and hinge are perfect. Also the chainsaw used had a bar length longer than the diameter of the tree where the cut was made. This tree was downed by a person who knew what he was doing. I would be interested to know which way the wind was blowing on the night in question. The fact that the lad who is suspect is 16yrs old and therefore has a right to anonymity is a red flag for me.

Richard Huw Morris. Unherd.com 29/09/23

[dave the builder]

There's 3 conifers about 50 foot high, 2 gardens away from me that need a similar trim
 if anyone has the lads mobile number ?

[Raeturbo]

Definitely not done by a 16 year old on his own. Obviously someone wanted it gone

[Andy B]

There's 3 conifers about 50 foot high, 2 gardens away from me that need a similar trim
 if anyone has the lads mobile number ?

and if he could then cut down the sycamore that is my daughter's neighbour's garden .... its roots are lifting their drive & its branches are now brushing her house. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

There's 3 conifers about 50 foot high, 2 gardens away from me that need a similar trim
 if anyone has the lads mobile number ?

and if he could then cut down the sycamore that is my daughter's neighbour's garden .... its roots are lifting their drive & its branches are now brushing her house. 

Another comment on the Unherd article noted that 300 years ago the celebrity gardener Capability Brown used to successfully transplant mature trees, so maybe she should offer it to the National Trust! 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Talking of the National Trust, maybe they had it cut down due to it's age and it's obvious links to slavery and colonialism. 

[Keith ABS]

 I have heard through a work collegues network that it was because of the amount of traffic caused in the local area by people wanting to stop and take pictures. Been one or two locals who have voiced there anger about it stating it was ruining the area

[Varche]

It was a seriously sad bastard that did that. Most skilled chain  sawers have the utmost respect for trees . That was an act of wanton vandalism and two fingers to folk who enjoyed the tree. I hope they rot in jail

[Raeturbo]

I have heard through a work collegues network that it was because of the amount of traffic caused in the local area by people wanting to stop and take pictures. Been one or two locals who have voiced there anger about it stating it was ruining the area

               Although I agree with you on it could be a nuisance perhaps 👍  there are few (national treasures) if you will, such as this, and for some idiot to just chop this tree down which has lived for such a long time deserves a harsh sentence IMO, slowly but surely our national heritage is getting Reamed.

[Varche]

I have heard through a work collegues network that it was because of the amount of traffic caused in the local area by people wanting to stop and take pictures. Been one or two locals who have voiced there anger about it stating it was ruining the area

Tough. They seriously need to get a life. ( preferably in jail). Tourism brings in money and better infrastructure.

[Doctor Gollum]

Didn't it feature in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves in the '90s

[Doctor Gollum]

I have heard through a work collegues network that it was because of the amount of traffic caused in the local area by people wanting to stop and take pictures. Been one or two locals who have voiced there anger about it stating it was ruining the area

Tough. They seriously need to get a life. ( preferably in jail). Tourism brings in money and better infrastructure.

Would you be quite so unsympathetic if they were parking on/blocking access to your property and traipsing across your land to see it , with the accompanying wild camping and littering that seems to follow...

Chopping the tree down is no different to enforcing double yellow lines along the entire NC500.

Yes, well managed tourism brings visitors and revenue but you can also argue that poorly managed tourism destroys local communities for the people living there... think the smaller Cotswold villages, or the cottages at Burling Gap.

[STEMO]

There's 3 conifers about 50 foot high, 2 gardens away from me that need a similar trim
 if anyone has the lads mobile number ?

and if he could then cut down the sycamore that is my daughter's neighbour's garden .... its roots are lifting their drive & its branches are now brushing her house. 

Can't you ask it to stop brushing the house and do the drive instead? 

[Sir Tigger KC]

According to the Guardian, someone went and planted a sapling and the National Trust went and dug it up. 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/01/sapling-planted-at-sycamore-gap-removed-by-national-trust

Of course they can't just leave it there. Millions of pounds will have to be spent on experts and consultants before they decide what to do.   

[Andy B]

....
Can't you ask it to stop brushing the house and do the drive instead? 

 

[Varche]

  That would be right.

Parish councils and town halls exist to solve such problems.

In the meantime bring back the stocks ( preferably made of ash) and a big supply of vinegared conkers.

[ronnyd]

That would be right.

Parish councils and town halls exist to solve such problems.

In the meantime bring back the stocks ( preferably made of ash) and a big supply of vinegared conkers.

I thought that they were flowers.

[TheBoy]

Here's a comment I've lifted from an article on the UnHerd website and as well as the author commenting on the professional cut, he also notes that as the person arrested is 16, he is entitled to anonymity. 

Interesting. What's the betting that they don't name the 60 year old either?   

I’ve had a close look at images of the stump. The notch, back cut and hinge are perfect. Also the chainsaw used had a bar length longer than the diameter of the tree where the cut was made. This tree was downed by a person who knew what he was doing. I would be interested to know which way the wind was blowing on the night in question. The fact that the lad who is suspect is 16yrs old and therefore has a right to anonymity is a red flag for me.

Richard Huw Morris. Unherd.com 29/09/23

And what a load of codswallop he is spouting.  At the age of 8 I could and did fell trees like that. And did a better job.  Still, don't let common sense and truth get in the way of a good conspiracy

[STEMO]

It's only a bit of wood.

[Rangie]

Wilful destruction, but whoever did it will no doubt have had "mental health issues" this allows the  " sufferer" do virtually do anything criminal knowing f**k all will happen to them.

[cam.in.head]

exactly the same as the other 'suspicious' circumstances that have caused various listed buildings and the like to be'accidently destroyed'around the country over the years.
either this WAS a prank by a child in which case nothing will probably happen to him
or
it was an intensional felling by someone in power in which case nothing will happen there either !

[Raeturbo]

Fk all will happen in a country where shoplifting has become an acceptable profession.

[Doctor Gollum]

Fk all will happen in a country where shoplifting has become an acceptable profession.

If you need to see where we're heading go to Vancouver, Seattle or San Francisco.

The newly opened judgement free drug zone, or whatever the marketing wank title for it is, in Glasgow is the epitome of all that's wrong with lefty socialist thinking.

[Raeturbo]

Yes I agree, and it’s obviously going to get progressively worse, and those drug zones have got to be a crazy idea surely

[STEMO]

Yes I agree, and it’s obviously going to get progressively worse, and those drug zones have got to be a crazy idea surely

Unless you're a drug addict, then they're pretty cool........I would imagine 

[Doctor Gollum]

The only way they could be positive, is if they supply uncut versions of the various drugs and at much higher concentrations than than can be obtained on the street. Anyone who wants to role the dice can overdose themselves to oblivion. Eventually they'll run out of customers.

Outlawing Narcan would also be a step in the right direction. If someone overdoses, that should be on them and not burden the medical systems.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Here's a comment I've lifted from an article on the UnHerd website and as well as the author commenting on the professional cut, he also notes that as the person arrested is 16, he is entitled to anonymity. 

Interesting. What's the betting that they don't name the 60 year old either?   

I’ve had a close look at images of the stump. The notch, back cut and hinge are perfect. Also the chainsaw used had a bar length longer than the diameter of the tree where the cut was made. This tree was downed by a person who knew what he was doing. I would be interested to know which way the wind was blowing on the night in question. The fact that the lad who is suspect is 16yrs old and therefore has a right to anonymity is a red flag for me.

Richard Huw Morris. Unherd.com 29/09/23

And what a load of codswallop he is spouting.  At the age of 8 I could and did fell trees like that. And did a better job.  Still, don't let common sense and truth get in the way of a good conspiracy

Your 8 year old arms must have been like Popeye's to wield a chainsaw big enough to cut down a tree like that!   

Did you eat a can of spinach for breakfast before going off for a hard day's lumberjacking? 

Here's a song for TB!                                                                                          

[STEMO]

Here's a comment I've lifted from an article on the UnHerd website and as well as the author commenting on the professional cut, he also notes that as the person arrested is 16, he is entitled to anonymity. 

Interesting. What's the betting that they don't name the 60 year old either?   

I’ve had a close look at images of the stump. The notch, back cut and hinge are perfect. Also the chainsaw used had a bar length longer than the diameter of the tree where the cut was made. This tree was downed by a person who knew what he was doing. I would be interested to know which way the wind was blowing on the night in question. The fact that the lad who is suspect is 16yrs old and therefore has a right to anonymity is a red flag for me.

Richard Huw Morris. Unherd.com 29/09/23

And what a load of codswallop he is spouting.  At the age of 8 I could and did fell trees like that. And did a better job.  Still, don't let common sense and truth get in the way of a good conspiracy

Your 8 year old arms must have been like Popeye's to wield a chainsaw big enough to cut down a tree like that!   

Did you eat a can of spinach for breakfast before going off for a hard day's lumberjacking? 

Here's a song for TB!                                                                                          

Popeye had mahoosive forearms but weedy little biceps. Too much wànking over pictures of the beautiful Olive 

[Raeturbo]

Yep I was deep sea diving for BP when I was 7and a half👍

[STEMO]

Yep I was deep sea diving for BP when I was 7and a half👍

I thought you'd have been shifting two tons a day at the coal face. Or did you do a couple of years of that first?

[Raeturbo]

I did that each morning (early shift) on my way in to the dives👍 bloody hard work at that age and all for £15 a month for both jobs

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

You had two jobs ! You lucky privileged bastard. 

[Raeturbo]

Oi! Less of the lucky🤣🤣

[TheBoy]

wield a chainsaw big enough to cut down a tree like that!   

That wasn't a tree, it was an overgrown bush!

[Raeturbo]

That wasn’t a bush that was a twiglet

[grifter]

Fk all will happen in a country where shoplifting has become an acceptable profession.

If you need to see where we're heading go to Vancouver, Seattle or San Francisco.

The newly opened judgement free drug zone, or whatever the marketing wank title for it is, in Glasgow is the epitome of all that's wrong with lefty socialist thinking.

The other name for jagging up clinics in Glasgow is the bus shelter!