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Yup…

Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian's Wall 'felled overnight' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66947040

Someone’s in trouble - what possible reason would you have for doing that?? Boggles

Absolute cunts.

dinny_g wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:33 am what possible reason would you have for doing that??

My first thought also. Shame.

Weird, it looks a professional job too. It's not you're average chav with a £60 saw from Screwfix.

Mito Man wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:04 pm Weird, it looks a professional job too. It's not you're average chav with a £60 saw from Screwfix.

I expect they'll be on the lookout for anyone who has just purchased a powerful saw with a long bar.....

Mito might be able to confirm but would an expert cut a tree that big like this??



It looks like the started with a notch (if you look at the trunk on the ground) but then sliced straight through it

Conservative MP Mr Opperman said it was "unquestionably a criminal act", but added that "even if police did catch the perpetrator, the tree is still gone".

That sounds a bit "so there's no point in trying".

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:54 pm

Conservative MP Mr Opperman said it was "unquestionably a criminal act", but added that "even if police did catch the perpetrator, the tree is still gone".

That sounds a bit "so there's no point in trying".

Yes - what a fucking stupid comment.

Catch the cunt who did it and lock him up!

Honestly I'd put the full cohort of Tory MPs in the meat grinder and start again with another lot with some brains and concept of what conservative principles are.

dinny_g wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:44 pm Mito might be able to confirm but would an expert cut a tree that big like this??



It looks like the started with a notch (if you look at the trunk on the ground) but then sliced straight through it

It's a very thick tree, going off by a couple inches wouldn't be unexpected but they even got the hinge correct to fell it onto the wall. So that was on purpose too.

Unobservant me didn't notice it had fallen on the wall
I wonder if there was a tree protection order on it?

OK Gotcha Mito - I had thought the Felling Cut had to be higher to release the tension but that makes sense.

I didn't realise it was the tree from Prince of Thieves... 200 years old

Can't think of a reason someone would do that other than a disgruntled landowner wanting to remove a tourist or instagram spot?

mik wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:08 pm

Mito Man wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:04 pm Weird, it looks a professional job too. It's not you're average chav with a £60 saw from Screwfix.

I expect they'll be on the lookout for anyone who has just purchased a powerful saw with a long bar.....

Ahem....

viewtopic.php?p=190950#p190950

It's ok @Beany , @Mito Man has an alibi for last night - he was out for drinks with friends (at the Crooked House in Himley)

I’ll expect a digger to knock down that section of Hadrian’s Wall tonight in that case

As of last weekend I am a reformed net zero tree hugger

Beany wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:40 pm

mik wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:08 pm

Mito Man wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:04 pm Weird, it looks a professional job too. It's not you're average chav with a £60 saw from Screwfix.

I expect they'll be on the lookout for anyone who has just purchased a powerful saw with a long bar.....

Ahem....

viewtopic.php?p=190950#p190950

Very weirdly - someone pointed out on twatter that "The Broccoli Tree" was attacked on the same date 6 yrs ago. Coincidence?