Britain's Latest True Crime Thriller: Who Killed the Sycamore Tree?

Re:Britain's Latest True Crime Thriller: Who Killed the Syca... by jimnotgym on Sunday May 04, 2025 @05:01AM (#43885514)

And sycamore trees are an invasive non-native species. In ancient forest, teams of people are employed to remove them

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Re:Britain's Latest True Crime Thriller: Who Killed the Syca... by normie3000 on Sunday May 04, 2025 @05:41AM (#43885667)

This particular tree was at least 1000 years old - there's documentary evidence of Robin Hood using it for shade.

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Re:Britain's Latest True Crime Thriller: Who Killed the Syca... by unfunco on Sunday May 04, 2025 @05:48AM (#43885699)

It was 150 years old, it makes no difference to me personally in terms of feelings, but 1000 was far enough out that I wanted to correct it. The documentary evidence was a Kevin Costner movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_tree

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Re:Britain's Latest True Crime Thriller: Who Killed the Syca... by jcurtis on Sunday May 04, 2025 @06:33AM (#43885886)

I suspect that the user you're replying to was joking

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Re:Britain's Latest True Crime Thriller: Who Killed the Syca... by DarkBrocoli on Sunday May 04, 2025 @05:51AM (#43885716)

It was planted in the 1800s

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