Sycamore Gap tree felled | Man in his 60s also arrested

[Deleted member 77198]

I wish the tree had fallen on the stupid ****.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

I dont know who legally owns the tree but I hope they can use the wood for some good, I think Sycamore is quite a good wood to work with, Turning, Carving etc so maybe some money could be raised for charity?

 

[flook]

Yes and nice smooth concrete pavements, and benches and picnic tables every 10 yards, also some Costa Coffee outlets and pretentious "Street food" vans.

Or perhaps all the mouth breathing Facebook morons and vacuous Instatwats could just fuck off back to the places they used to hang out as they obviously have no real love or respect or appreciation for the countryside anyway.

There was littering in the countryside long before social media fella, though I don't disagree with your representation of its users per-se

 

[waspish]

Love to know why he did it? His thinking panning in doing it! Did he think he was going to get away with it too?

 

[jacko74]

There was littering in the countryside long before social media fella, though I don't disagree with your representation of its users per-se

Yes there was litter previously, but nothing like on the same scale that's occurred in the last 4 years or so with the huge increase in visitor numbers to more wild and remote areas of the countryside, all fuelled by a combination of lock down travel restrictions and a rise in Social Media platforms promoting these previously quiet and unspoilt places to the mouth breathers and simpletons who live their lives according to what Facebook and Instatwat tell them to do.

My assertion is the large majority of these people who have newly discovered the great outdoors in recent years courtesy of social media don't actually have any love, respect or appreciation for the places they visit despite @Saddleworth2 wrongly suggesting that isn't the case.

 

[jacko74]

It does seem very unlikely that a 16 year old acting entirely alone would have access to a vehicle and a heavy duty long bar chainsaw and have the requisite skills to do what was a very competent (if not very safety conscious) job of felling it.

 

[give it to gordon]

How come there arent hundreds of other sycamore trees around it ?

These weed trees drop 1000's of seeds every year and self seed everywhere.

It will grow back but it wont look like it did.

 

[give it to gordon]

It does seem very unlikely that a 16 year old acting entirely alone would have access to a vehicle and a heavy duty long bar chainsaw and have the requisite skills to do what was a very competent (if not very safety conscious) job of felling it.

I'm no tree expert but it's the cut normally a 'V' shape cut first to set the direction of fall and to stop the saw from jamming ?

The pictures seem to show a straight cut which is odd plus thetes no sawdust or mess around the stump.

All seems abit odd for a skilled tree surgeon let alone a 16yr old lad

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Yes there was litter previously, but nothing like on the same scale that's occurred in the last 4 years or so with the huge increase in visitor numbers to more wild and remote areas of the countryside, all fuelled by a combination of lock down travel restrictions and a rise in Social Media platforms promoting these previously quiet and unspoilt places to the mouth breathers and simpletons who live their lives according to what Facebook and Instatwat tell them to do.

My assertion is the large majority of these people who have newly discovered the great outdoors in recent years courtesy of social media don't actually have any love, respect or appreciation for the places they visit despite @Saddleworth2 wrongly suggesting that isn't the case.

Have you not taken into consideration the negative correlation of the rise in online porn and dirty newspapers/magazines in the woods?

 

[jacko74]

I'm no tree expert but it's the cut normally a 'V' shape cut first to set the direction of fall and to stop the saw from jamming ?

The pictures seem to show a straight cut which is odd plus thetes no sawdust or mess around the stump.

All seems abit odd for a skilled tree surgeon let alone a 16yr old lad

The V you're referring to is visible on the cut surface of the fallen tree (although quite a shallow angle) leaving the stump smooth and level.

Perhaps he took the wedge away as a souvenir of his work!

Presumably it was done on the night of Storm Agnes (to drown out the sound of the chainsaw? ) so much of the sawdust would have blown away?