WOW

[Stubby]

I see some young lad has bought a sapling from an arboretum and gone up to the gap and planted it to " bring back some faith in humanity " only to find its been dug up by the national trust  because in doing so he has damaged a national heritage sit . WTF .

[MattyF]

Something about the leaf lobes on the young tree looked more like Norway maple than sycamore , that’s possibly one reason why it was moved. 
do you know where anywhere you can get a pot grown sycamore? A bare root would not of survived being planted up there. 

[richyrich]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sycamore-gap-tree-cut-down-felling-latest-b2422098.html?page=5

[Steve Bullman]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

I see some young lad has bought a sapling from an arboretum and gone up to the gap and planted it to " bring back some faith in humanity " only to find its been dug up by the national trust  because in doing so he has damaged a national heritage sit . WTF .

We used to live in a world where people used to do stuff like this purely out of the goodness of their hearts, unfortunately these days it’s more likely just for Instagram hits/social media stunts 

[Steve Bullman]

4 minutes ago, richyrich said:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sycamore-gap-tree-cut-down-felling-latest-b2422098.html?page=5

Found a chainsaw at the home of a former lumberjack? Fancy that 

[woody paul]

3 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Found a chainsaw at the home of a former lumberjack? Fancy that 

Will be interesting how they work out if that saw cut it down. 

[Stubby]

Man finds pebble on the beach . 

[richyrich]

A tiny bit of DNA on saw maybe? If you read the article, he was until recently the landowner/tenant (?). Lost legal dispute with religious group owners.

Did he have an axe to grind? 🤔. As someone suggested previously on here....

[Stere]

Says the syc wood is being taken for lab analysis can the DNA/forensics  trace sawdust from an individual tree?

 

 

 

 

Edited October 2, 2023 by Stere

[Slicer Dicer]

I don't understand. From the article his own farm/campsite is owned by Jesuits who have recently evicted him, so he cuts a tree down on NT land? Would that be because tree brings alot of tourism to the campsite etc?