I find it difficult to believe that a 16 year old would not be aware of a tree on their land that attracts thousands of people and would have cut it down with good intentions of protecting the wall and helping dad out.
And of course tree work is always done over night!
I think folk are kidding themselves if they think a lad has been told to go and tidy up trees and then did that. In the middle of the night. A former lumberjack is the older chap who was arrested, but his family are adamant he has nothing to do with it. Who knows.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
How dumb of someone to take it upon themselves to go and plant a tree there without permission. Some thought will need to be given to the tree's replacement, or whether the tree should be allowed to re-sprout as a coppice.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
I'd have thought there could have been the odd sapling from the original tree, in the general area, that could be grown on. I expect too many people trampling around might be the problem though, so there may not be any survivors - I'm sure they'll have looked. Keeping folk away is important though - they'll all be queuing up to take their damn selfies and generally make a nuisance of themselves, like they do with everything from fires and road accidents to floods and landslides . Not easy to manage, I agree, but 'people' are what creates these problems to start with. People certainly can't just go around planting what they want. The chap was well intentioned, but misguided. There are often queries on this forum from people wanting to plant excess saplings from their own plot into random sites in their area. That isn't acceptable for obvious reasons. I think they're going to try grafting from some of the branches @Loxley.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Wasn’t there some talk of a rusty statue/sculpture like the one in Gateshead?
That sends a shudder down my spine!
//According to the National Trust, the tree was planted in the late 19th century by the previous land owner, John Clayton, as a landscape feature.//
I would believe that over the reports of it being 300 years old (although we can count the rings to check, now!) Personally I would replace it with a nice oak. Trouble is there will be nightmarish heritage concerns about planting or doing anything in such a sensitive location. I am working on a site where Historic England will not let us plant trees because of Romano-British archaeology. Even though we are replacing an avenue of trees which were there until the early 20th C.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
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And of course tree work is always done over night!
Failure is always an option.
In the middle of the night.
A former lumberjack is the older chap who was arrested, but his family are adamant he has nothing to do with it.
Who knows.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Keeping folk away is important though - they'll all be queuing up to take their damn selfies and generally make a nuisance of themselves, like they do with everything from fires and road accidents to floods and landslides . Not easy to manage, I agree, but 'people' are what creates these problems to start with.
People certainly can't just go around planting what they want. The chap was well intentioned, but misguided. There are often queries on this forum from people wanting to plant excess saplings from their own plot into random sites in their area. That isn't acceptable for obvious reasons.
I think they're going to try grafting from some of the branches @Loxley.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Even wind at half that strength can shift all sorts. Including me on a windy hill....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
//According to the National Trust, the tree was planted in the late 19th century by the previous land owner, John Clayton, as a landscape feature.//
I would believe that over the reports of it being 300 years old (although we can count the rings to check, now!) Personally I would replace it with a nice oak. Trouble is there will be nightmarish heritage concerns about planting or doing anything in such a sensitive location. I am working on a site where Historic England will not let us plant trees because of Romano-British archaeology. Even though we are replacing an avenue of trees which were there until the early 20th C.