Sycamore Gap - tree has been felled!

[NepheliLoux]

Looks like someone has deliberately felled the famous tree in Sycamore Gap. I can’t believe anyone would do such a thing. I don’t normally get emotional but this has really upset me. It’s absolutely irreplaceable.

What tree?

For God's sake, why??????

I’m really upset about this. It’s an iconic northern landmark famous around the world.
What the actual fuck is wrong with people?

https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/23819352.sycamore-gap-northumberland-damaged-storm-agnes/

Absolutely shocking! Such an iconic tree. Massive loss to Northumberland.

Thats awful - and no accident clearly

I hadnt heard of it before, but it was beautiful

Omg. Dreadful vandalism, or had to be taken down? Northumberland authority seems to think the former.

I saw this on twitter this morning, am so upset. We live in the North East and see the tree regularly. Just cannot, cannot fathom why someone would do this.

Absolutely heartbreaking 💔 I also find this really upsetting.

Utter bastards whoever's done it, it was a beautiful tree, what the hell were they thinking

Why would someone do that? Poor tree, how sad.

It was so beautiful. I'm so sad.

Why would you do that?

Vandalism. Sheer mindless arsehole vandalism.

Just can’t get my head around someone choosing to do such a thing deliberately. It’s not like it could’ve been done impulsively - you’d have to walk a canny way with a chainsaw

Did they take the wood?

I'm in Ireland, but I recognise the tree from Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves - I watched it again the other day. Such an iconic spot. People are bizarre.

I am genuinely really gutted about this. I loved that tree. Such an iconic landmark, and features in so many peoples memories and beautiful photography. What kind of tw*t does that?

No, not mindless. Its not so easy to cleanly fell such a large tree and you wouldn't just happen to find yourself up there with a chainsaw anyway. This was intentional and planned.

From the photos it doesn't look like it, they've simple cut the tree down and buggered off, the tree looked really healthy to from what you can see in the cuts, utter dickheads 😡

This is awful! 😨

I just don't understand people sometimes. Wankers.

Wtf?
I was once travelling to/from the US, chatting to my American neighbour on the plane about her travels in the UK she said she mentioned seeing the tree in Robin Hood PoT and being excited because she knew exactly where it was.

No, the felled tree is there. Lying dead by its stump. Awful.

Mindless nonetheless as in meaning ‘stupid and without Meaning’.

But I think we can agree on the arseholes bit.

I am so upset and angry to hear this. This is a truly magical place that I have visited at times I’ve needed peace and calm. I cannot comprehend why anyone would do this 😢.

Arseholes definitely. But it also feels malicious rather than someone just doing something stupid on an impulse.