Robin Hood's tree now a stump (iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall)

[StoneRoad]

By law, fallen timber is still the property of the landowner. This actually / supposedly prevents anyone picking up branches etc.

I think that means the National Trust own the tree ...

 

[Brainaddict]

By law, fallen timber is still the property of the landowner. This actually / supposedly prevents anyone picking up branches etc.

I think that means the National Trust own the tree ...

Yes, it very much still belongs to the landowner. If the NT have any sense they'll have it carved into various things and auction them at a high profile fundraiser to milk money from rich people. Or maybe they can turn it into a large carving for the site, like that one in Brockwell Park. Then there will still be something for people to photograph themselves next to.

The tree might grow back OK from the stump, but with many stems. It could be managed to leave only one stem eventually but that would take a few years, and it will be 50 years before it is anything worth photographing. And it might not grow back that well because trees coppice better when started young. In such an exposed location it might really struggle.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yes, it very much still belongs to the landowner. If the NT have any sense they'll have it carved into various things and auction them at a high profile fundraiser to milk money from rich people. Or maybe they can turn it into a large carving for the site, like that one in Brockwell Park. Then there will still be something for people to photograph themselves next to.

The tree might grow back OK from the stump, but with many stems. It could be managed to leave only one stem eventually but that would take a few years, and it will be 50 years before it is anything worth photographing. And it might not grow back that well because trees coppice better when started young. In such an exposed location it might really struggle.

i think it's well worth photographing now, even - particularly - in its truncated condition

 

[StoneRoad]

Yes, She will try to regenerate, but the location isn't ideal. The wind really howls across that gap.

Thin stems are quite attractive to animals that nibble on trees.
and quite easy for "people" to snap off as "souvenirs"

 

[Spymaster]

No doubt the cctv that someone suggested that portion of Hadrian’s Wall is bristling with.

The tree was on the Brittania side of the wall.

Most of the CCTV faces north, to combat marauding Caledonians.

 

[danny la rouge]

The tree was on the Brittania side of the wall.

Was. Looks like most of it is in our side now. So, I’ll be staking my claim.

 

[A380]

This is obviously a sign that we should withdraw to south of the Humber.

 

[danny la rouge]

This is obviously a sign that we should withdraw to south of the Humber.

Damn right it is. Or the trees get what’s coming.

 

[Cid]

Given its history and significance the felled tree will no doubt command a very high price on the auction sites. A nice classical guitar or two would be my preferential use of the inevitable sycamore planks - chaise longues being the furniture of choice for idiots like Rees Mogg. i wonder who is guarding it to see who will haul it away?

Morris liked a chaise longue. Good for upholstery textiles. Well the company did anyway, I think they probably slightly post-date Morris himself.

I wonder if they would actually season it and sell it. Tricky line to tread that...

Iconic trees are an odd one. I mean this specific tree stands out because the trees that were once around it are gone. The fact that it was iconic was at some point an intentional aesthetic or practical choice. It tells us as much about 19th century approaches to land management as anything.

 

[A380]

Damn right it is. Or the trees get what’s coming.

Thousands of dogs pissing on them in unison?

But how could they be made to do that?

 

[WouldBe]

Was. Looks like most of it is in our side now. So, I’ll be staking my claim.

If you cut bits off a neighbour's tree your supposed to chuck them back over the wall.

 

[A380]

If you cut bits off a neighbour's tree your supposed to chuck them back over the wall.

One thing I remember from watching 'That's Life' as a child.

 

[danny la rouge]

If you cut bits off a neighbour's tree your supposed to chuck them back over the wall.

I didn’t. Lee Harvey Teenager did.

 

[WouldBe]

I didn’t. Lee Harvey Teenager did.

Whoever did it, good luck trying to chuck it back over the wall.

 

[Spymaster]

She will try to regenerate ...

Inaccurate.

The tree was a feller.

 

[StoneRoad]

Supposedly he been helping with enquiries, juvenile now released [uncharged ? IDK] on bail

 

[Riff]

I wonder who is guarding it to see who will haul it away?

Watching the local telly last night, several members of Northumbria Police.

 

[redcogs]

i'm feeling a little calmer about this now. Still not happy, but more relaxed. The soothing balm of Urban good sense and humour can work wonders. Not to mention the half bottle of wine with my tin of pea soup and cheese bits.

i would still adore a hand built classical guitar made from the old Ent though..

 

[redcogs]

 

[The39thStep]

Supposedly he been helping with enquiries, juvenile now released [uncharged ? IDK] on bail

police bail, pending further inquiries

 

[redcogs]

Need to get to the root of this..

 

[Silas Loom]

Need to get to the root of this..

Yes, there’s more to it than the young feller.

 

[redcogs]

i have heard that the bobbies are opening another branch of enquiry..

 

[Wilf]

I have to admit my first thought was a group like Extinction Rebellion or JSO in a “you care so much about this one tree but don’t care about all the trees that are going to be extinct” type of protest.

Have to admit, that wasn't my first thought.

 

[kebabking]

Gossip on the tweets is that the 16yo is an ex NT apprentice who was sacked - he'd threatened to chop down the tree in revenge, and put it on Snapchat....

Could be total bollocks of course - but whatever, the tree wasn't felled by anyone who didn't have both serious equipment and knowledge..that's a big commercial chainsaw that's done that, not something you'd by from B&Q on a whim.

 

[Spymaster]

Gossip on the tweets is that the 16yo is an ex NT apprentice who was sacked - he'd threatened to chop down the tree in revenge, and put it on Snapchat....

Could be total bollocks of course - but whatever, the tree wasn't felled by anyone who didn't have both serious equipment and knowledge..that's a big commercial chainsaw that's done that, not something you'd by from B&Q on a whim.

Nice clean cut too.

 

[Wilf]

Gossip on the tweets is that the 16yo is an ex NT apprentice who was sacked - he'd threatened to chop down the tree in revenge, and put it on Snapchat....

Could be total bollocks of course - but whatever, the tree wasn't felled by anyone who didn't have both serious equipment and knowledge..that's a big commercial chainsaw that's done that, not something you'd by from B&Q on a whim.

Glad you posted that. It stops me posting my speculation that the youth's chainsaw proficiency pointed to a farming background.

 

[danny la rouge]

Nice clean cut too.

Well, he wanted the pics for his CV, so it had to be.

 

[redcogs]

Well, he wanted the pics for his CV, so it had to be.

my guess is that he will find alternative employment quite difficult even with a bonny CV. Self Employment may work for him in the short term, handing out promo leaflets on street corners: 'clean cut tree feller - ancient sycamore's a speciality'. Dickhead that he must be.

 

[WouldBe]

i have heard that the bobbies are opening another branch of enquiry..

How long will it take them to twig who dun it.