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[AHPP]

Get Dempsey on the six o clock news. 
 

“It’s a ****************in sycamore. It’ll be twice as big next year. Calm down, deary.”

<swigs Chablis>

[Steven P]

3 minutes ago, dangb93 said:

I note they felled it towards the wall. Perhaps hoping to damage the wall too...

 

That's what I was thinking too.

[Stu33J]

This would be a good time, while this situation is being highlighted by the media for the likes of the Arboricultural Association, National Trust & NTS, etc., to band together alongside the Police to not only ensure the maximum fine is applied but to also highlight the importance of trees like this and the reasons as to why they are protected and that all trees should be pruned, if actually required, correctly and to the proper standards.

[Doug Tait]

That one certainly hasn't been pruned to the 3998 recommendation

[Mick Dempsey]

Wall is still in tact though, 2000 years old and solid as a solid thing!

 

 

[MattyF]

No they just felled it in storm winds, we had storm Abigail last night and a full moon, it was only going in one direction.. this was planned for such a night. 

[Joe d]

Did it have a tpo on it ? 

[Stu33J]

17 minutes ago, MattyF said:

No they just felled it in storm winds, we had storm Abigail last night and a full moon, it was only going in one direction.. this was planned for such a night. 

 

Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The Sycamore Gap tree was cut down overnight in what police believe was an act of vandalism.

 

[Steven P]

16 year old boy... I suspect that there is a full grown adult somewhere behind this too - too convenient that a 16 year old has access, knowledge, skill and experience to do that and to take off on his own accord to cut a tree down

[MattyF]

He hasn’t been charged yet…