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Famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall found cut down (www.theguardian.com)
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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/497705

Police investigating after former tree of the year winner, estimated to be several hundred years old, felled

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[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

We welcome thousands of people each year who look forward to seeing the famous tree.

My guess would be that someone wanted to stop the Instagram tourism that trample down everything for "that photo opportunity".

Still a shitty thing to do, though.

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