Sycamore gap tree..

[NEWKID 27,176]

9 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I was in London today . Walked around a bit , went to Camden ( not bad , few bellends about , good pizza , nice coffee , bought some trainers ) then up into Leicester square ( busy , contemplated booking a show for the wife and me , remembered we’d had a a Barney so bought sone Lego and m and ms , got my phone screen replaced ) next stop China town ( very well er Chinese but suppose , contemplated bringing the wife , remembered we’d had a Barney , rang sone f***ing idiot , had a coke , not bad prices ) but walked back down past trafalgar square, downing street , horseguards, cenotaph etc . Stopped in the guards div memorial . 
 Looked at the statue of the fallen lads from the five regts , the grenadier , the Welsh , the Scot’s , the Irish , the Coldstream. All alike but slightly different . Stone faced hewn , lean , no give , all staring solemnly out at the crowds of tourists , honestly two wildly in your  face type trans things sashayed past . My mate looked at me and said “ look what happened to our country , I wonder what they think “ 

as we meandered down to our coaches opposite Waterloo station and sat waiting on the late comers , I scrolled this story on my notifications . I’ve stood there , with dogs long gone , girlfriends long forgotten , mates long time no see and family , no longer here. I’ve been there twice and witnessed strangers scattering ashes at the area around that tree . It’s a focal point , one of the true north England landmarks , most people truth be told think little more of it that the rhpot tree and half those bemoaning it’s culling will have never been there . But for some , it’s as part of home as coming over the moors  , or give peas a chance . It’s not a structure that can be replaced or remodelled . It’s imbued into you . 
 

 Sat in the coach as we left London , past the Thames , along the water , part the remodelled factories , the high rises , the expensive concrete high rises of offices long dark and homes lamp lit and thought about what home means .

maybe morose or maybe seeking a pattern where there is none , rationalising rather than rational . But If ever there was a sobering allude to what we are doing to our country and our society today . The wanton removal of a tree that sat alone in a hillock for no reason other than spite illustrates this more than anything else I’ve read in a long time . 
 

a real shame . 
 

 

 

 

 

Was gonna write something, but what you've put there is better than any half arsed attempt from me...

And you right... a real shame!

[Daniel cain 45,558]

Very surprised that a teenager could drop a tree of that size in one go....who ever is behind it,wants to have a word with themselves, hopefully the truth comes out,and they hit the wankers hard with a punishment befitting of  the crime

[mackem 26,708]

It’s been reported on FOX news and CNN as the Robin Hood tree.

[low plains drifter 10,601]

I hear he was a woodland trust apprentice that was sacked earlier in the week

[Daniel cain 45,558]

2 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

I hear he was a woodland trust apprentice that was sacked earlier in the week

Apparently 2 lads pull up in a van,load up the chainsaw,and off they went... apparently caught on cctv at a carpark?

[chartpolski 23,847]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

It’s been reported on FOX news and CNN as the Robin Hood tree.

The Robin Hood pub is just along the road.

I wondered how the pub got its name, until I made the link with the Costner movie.

Cheers.

Edited September 29, 2023 by chartpolski

[low plains drifter 10,601]

1 hour ago, Daniel cain said:

Apparently 2 lads pull up in a van,load up the chainsaw,and off they went... apparently caught on cctv at a carpark?

It's a sickener, they're talking about new shoots that will grow from the stump, but that'll be no good, I reckon grind the stump, and replace with an English Oak, one that's already a decent size, got to look forward 

[Welsh_red 4,649]

23 hours ago, mackem said:

He will get done for Treeson.

 

[Greyman 28,513]

9 hours ago, Qbgrey said:

Police believe it may have been deliberate??? Ffs or did a hiker accidentally catch it with his hiking stick come 17 inch husqvarna

Pretty incredible powers of deduction those boys 

 

[Bakerboy 4,736]

Just read the culprit is from farming stock and was on a National Trust course, got sacked got revenge

[gnasher16 30,143]

15 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I was in London today . Walked around a bit , went to Camden ( not bad , few bellends about , good pizza , nice coffee , bought some trainers ) then up into Leicester square ( busy , contemplated booking a show for the wife and me , remembered we’d had a a Barney so bought sone Lego and m and ms , got my phone screen replaced ) next stop China town ( very well er Chinese but suppose , contemplated bringing the wife , remembered we’d had a Barney , rang sone f***ing idiot , had a coke , not bad prices ) but walked back down past trafalgar square, downing street , horseguards, cenotaph etc . Stopped in the guards div memorial . 
 Looked at the statue of the fallen lads from the five regts , the grenadier , the Welsh , the Scot’s , the Irish , the Coldstream. All alike but slightly different . Stone faced hewn , lean , no give , all staring solemnly out at the crowds of tourists , honestly two wildly in your  face type trans things sashayed past . My mate looked at me and said “ look what happened to our country , I wonder what they think “ 

as we meandered down to our coaches opposite Waterloo station and sat waiting on the late comers , I scrolled this story on my notifications . I’ve stood there , with dogs long gone , girlfriends long forgotten , mates long time no see and family , no longer here. I’ve been there twice and witnessed strangers scattering ashes at the area around that tree . It’s a focal point , one of the true north England landmarks , most people truth be told think little more of it that the rhpot tree and half those bemoaning it’s culling will have never been there . But for some , it’s as part of home as coming over the moors  , or give peas a chance . It’s not a structure that can be replaced or remodelled . It’s imbued into you . 
 

 Sat in the coach as we left London , past the Thames , along the water , part the remodelled factories , the high rises , the expensive concrete high rises of offices long dark and homes lamp lit and thought about what home means .

maybe morose or maybe seeking a pattern where there is none , rationalising rather than rational . But If ever there was a sobering allude to what we are doing to our country and our society today . The wanton removal of a tree that sat alone in a hillock for no reason other than spite illustrates this more than anything else I’ve read in a long time . 
 

a real shame . 
 

 

 

 

 

You're saying you walked from Leicester Square to Waterloo whats your name Mchull 

And dont tell me you walked down Whitehall without going in to watch The Jersey Boys how could you possibly resist that....dont know what your missing 

[WILF 47,079]

15 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

I was in London today . Walked around a bit , went to Camden ( not bad , few bellends about , good pizza , nice coffee , bought some trainers ) then up into Leicester square ( busy , contemplated booking a show for the wife and me , remembered we’d had a a Barney so bought sone Lego and m and ms , got my phone screen replaced ) next stop China town ( very well er Chinese but suppose , contemplated bringing the wife , remembered we’d had a Barney , rang sone f***ing idiot , had a coke , not bad prices ) but walked back down past trafalgar square, downing street , horseguards, cenotaph etc . Stopped in the guards div memorial . 
 Looked at the statue of the fallen lads from the five regts , the grenadier , the Welsh , the Scot’s , the Irish , the Coldstream. All alike but slightly different . Stone faced hewn , lean , no give , all staring solemnly out at the crowds of tourists , honestly two wildly in your  face type trans things sashayed past . My mate looked at me and said “ look what happened to our country , I wonder what they think “ 

as we meandered down to our coaches opposite Waterloo station and sat waiting on the late comers , I scrolled this story on my notifications . I’ve stood there , with dogs long gone , girlfriends long forgotten , mates long time no see and family , no longer here. I’ve been there twice and witnessed strangers scattering ashes at the area around that tree . It’s a focal point , one of the true north England landmarks , most people truth be told think little more of it that the rhpot tree and half those bemoaning it’s culling will have never been there . But for some , it’s as part of home as coming over the moors  , or give peas a chance . It’s not a structure that can be replaced or remodelled . It’s imbued into you . 
 

 Sat in the coach as we left London , past the Thames , along the water , part the remodelled factories , the high rises , the expensive concrete high rises of offices long dark and homes lamp lit and thought about what home means .

maybe morose or maybe seeking a pattern where there is none , rationalising rather than rational . But If ever there was a sobering allude to what we are doing to our country and our society today . The wanton removal of a tree that sat alone in a hillock for no reason other than spite illustrates this more than anything else I’ve read in a long time . 
 

a real shame . 
 

 

 

 

 

Zzzzzzz……zzzzzzzz……zzzzzzzz…….

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,012]

12 minutes ago, WILF said:

Zzzzzzz……zzzzzzzz……zzzzzzzz…….

How pitifully predictable you lunch

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,012]

17 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

You're saying you walked from Leicester Square to Waterloo whats your name Mchull 

And dont tell me you walked down Whitehall without going in to watch The Jersey Boys how could you possibly resist that....dont know what you’re missing 

for some bizarre reason she’s got going to a show into her head. Personally I can think of nothing worse than paying through the nose for a hotel in London on a weekend to have to sit through a performance involving incalculable costume changes. I can get every-time she goes Tesco .

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,012]

25 minutes ago, WILF said:

Zzzzzzz……zzzzzzzz……zzzzzzzz…….

Actually hating that , fuming with myself that I let that dangle and you found it . Well played