Derry Alli Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Soapy FFC said: Mindless vandalism https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-at-hadrians-wall-found-apparently-cut-down It's a tree, who gives a f**k? "Tree of the year" -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 49 minutes ago, Derry Alli said: It's a tree, who gives a f**k? "Tree of the year" “We welcome thousands of people each year who look forward to seeing the famous tree. A very sad day.” Thousands of people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Seems to have been made famous due to the Kevin Costner Robin Hood film, where he and Morgan Freeman famously walked from Dover to Hadrian's Wall then back to Nottingham all in a day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980 16yrs old arrested in connection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Derry Alli said: It's a tree, who gives a f**k? "Tree of the year" It was the lead story on the regional BBC news. Vox pops included: devastating, bereft, angry and upset and can't comprehend. I can actually understand those kinds of reactions. However, the leader of the County Council was interviewed and suggested that it would be like the Kennedy assassination, in that everyone would remember where they were when they heard the news. I've forgotten already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 The tree's probably hundreds of years old, a beautiful thing, then along comes a moron with a chainsaw. Soul destroying. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 34 minutes ago, greendot said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980 16yrs old arrested in connection. String the little b*****d up from…err…something. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 8 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: I remember combs. Just. Very considerate of @Mrs Mullarkay to hide hers out of respect for your feelings. 6 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: The tree's probably hundreds of years old, a beautiful thing, then along comes a moron with a chainsaw. Soul destroying. Quite poignant that the post following this was from Granny Danger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 15 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: The tree's probably hundreds of years old, a beautiful thing, then along comes a moron with a chainsaw. Soul destroying. Most would probably say tree destroying -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, greendot said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980 16yrs old arrested in connection. Give the wee b*****d bamboo torture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 What is it with teenagers nowadays? First the fire at Ayr Station now this tree. Whatever happened to drinking cheap cider and climbing on top of the local Primary School roof or throwing stones at windows? I blame the parents/SNP 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Seems a pretty massive treat for a teenager to have cut down. Surely a regular chainsaw wouldn't have been able to hack through it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I cut a load of branches off a tree in the garden. I started off with just cutting the grass every so often, then got into a bit of pruning. I think i can keep a lid on it but it's easy to see how the search for an ever increasing buzz can get out of hand and lead to this sort of thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: What is it with teenagers nowadays? First the fire at Ayr Station now this tree. Whatever happened to drinking cheap cider and climbing on top of the local Primary School roof or throwing stones at windows? I blame the parents/SNP It's the thought of the proposed 65p per unit for booze that's driving them to tree surgery... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jamamafegan Posted September 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Derry Alli said: It's a tree, who gives a f**k? "Tree of the year" 2 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: “We welcome thousands of people each year who look forward to seeing the famous tree. A very sad day.” Thousands of people. Trees are living monuments. How would you feel if a 200 - 300 year old landmark monument / building in your town or city was mindlessly torn down overnight? You would be rightly angry, perhaps devastated. At least a building can somewhat be rebuilt / replaced in a relatively short space of time. However once a mature tree is cut down, it is gone forever. We will not see a mature tree there again in our lifetime. And all of the life that the tree sustained and could continue to sustain for the years to come has vanished. Matures trees will forever hold more value than famous buildings. The forests they form contain irreplaceable ecosystems that have grown over hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. People sent "thoughts and prayers", changed their facebook banners etc when the Notre-Dame went up in flames. Yet we don't see the same level of public outrage or sadness as logging and wildfires continue to destroy ancient forests worldwide. If people viewed our ancient trees and forests as living monuments with the same fondness as they do for pieces of human architecture then the world would be a better place. 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: Trees are living monuments. How would you feel if a 200 - 300 year old landmark monument / building in your town or city was mindlessly torn down overnight? You would be rightly angry, perhaps devastated. At least a building can somewhat be rebuilt / replaced in a relatively short space of time. However once a mature tree is cut down, it is gone forever. We will not see a mature tree there again in our lifetime. And all of the life that the tree sustained and could continue to sustain for the years to come has vanished. Matures trees will forever hold more value than famous buildings. The forests they form contain irreplaceable ecosystems that have grown over hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. People sent "thoughts and prayers", changed their facebook banners etc when the Notre-Dame went up in flames. Yet we don't see the same level of public outrage or sadness as logging and wildfires continue to destroy ancient forests worldwide. If people viewed our ancient trees and forests as living monuments with the same fondness as they do for pieces of human architecture then the world would be a better place. The trees urnae gonna shag you, mate. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Derry Alli said: It's a tree, who gives a f**k? "Tree of the year" Bookmarked for when the Eden project in Dundee inevitably gets destroyed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 44 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: Trees are living monuments. How would you feel if a 200 - 300 year old landmark monument / building in your town or city was mindlessly torn down overnight? You would be rightly angry, perhaps devastated. At least a building can somewhat be rebuilt / replaced in a relatively short space of time. However once a mature tree is cut down, it is gone forever. We will not see a mature tree there again in our lifetime. And all of the life that the tree sustained and could continue to sustain for the years to come has vanished. Matures trees will forever hold more value than famous buildings. The forests they form contain irreplaceable ecosystems that have grown over hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. People sent "thoughts and prayers", changed their facebook banners etc when the Notre-Dame went up in flames. Yet we don't see the same level of public outrage or sadness as logging and wildfires continue to destroy ancient forests worldwide. If people viewed our ancient trees and forests as living monuments with the same fondness as they do for pieces of human architecture then the world would be a better place. Am I the only one that read this in Neil from The Young Ones voice? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, BTFD said: Quite poignant that the post following this was from Granny Danger. Is that because he's a moron as well? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, 101 said: Seems a pretty massive treat for a teenager to have cut down. Maybe he'd been a good boy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.