It is always good to get feedback from our customers:
"We had such a poignant return visit to the tree since it was felled, still such a beautiful and magical place and the day ended with a very special gift from my husband. A piece of your sycamore jewellery I will treasure it always and thank you for making such simple but meaningful pieces of art. xxx"
Sycamore Gap was in the news again last week, when the antisocial inadequates who felled it were sentenced to over four years each. That won't bring the tree back, of course, but it was a sign of how much people cared. Meanwhile, new hope and actions will spring from the wreckage - and we still have our memories...
A British court hands jail sentences to two men who chopped down an iconic tree.
The two men who, in 2023, felled a tree that stood next to the ancient Roman site of Hadrian's Wall for nearly 200 years, were both sentenced to four years and three months in jail.
2 men jailed for 4years & three months for felling the tree at #SycamoreGap along Hadrian’s Wall. They seem to have had no reason for doing this other than missing a few brain cells/being drunk. Probably a reasonable sentence but a sad loss for many.
#SycamoreGap #tree #trees #nature #crime #wildlife #UK #HadriansWall #England #news #Britain
Even now, I can’t understand why anyone would’ve even contemplated committing such a crime. In an ideal world they’d be forced to spend five years planting trees for the forestry commission when their prison sentence is complete.
(Unpaid community service of course!)
They're jerks and they should suffer for their idiocy for the rest of their mistaken lives, but Prison?
I thought they were full?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/15/sycamore-gap-tree-felling-men-jailed
That's their best excuse?
"I was a drunken idiot"
Yeah, we know, and that's why we're punishing you for the poor decisions you made
"I know it was daft but I put a Rod Stewart wig on so people didn't spot me."
Makes you wonder what crimes Rod Stewart wears his wig for...
The Artist Formerly Known as Sycamore Gap
The most photographed tree in the British Isles. Probably. As seen in the movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves".
The famous tree was illegally felled in September 2023 so this location just won't be the same for another few hundred years.
@riggbeck a message needs to be sent to failed men everywhere who want to destroy something people love just for attention.
Prison is for THEIR protection right now....
Get your knickers in a twist over people who deserve it, like those Climate Protesters, don't give me this "poor widdle (white) boys have learned their lesson, don't be mean to them" crap
Do we honestly think they've learned their lesson? Do they seem like the men who do?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/14/sycamore-gap-tree-duo-do-not-belong-in-prison
so many thoughts about the #sycamoreGap that i can't properly transfer them all from brain to words.
as a society, we need to provide comfort & acceptance so that people (mainly men) don't feel the need to lash out at those who are loved & valued.
all i really know is that the tree didn't fucking deserve it &, in a remarkable display of resilience, is beginning to grow again. can we say the same about the men who tried to destroy it?
instead of harsh punitive measures, i'd prescribe:
"Remanded into custody for their own protection"
Reminds me of what Ursula Le Guin thought on the nature of prisons in an Anarchist community, some crimes are so heinous you'll need to protect the criminal from the Public.
The town of Springfield did not take kindly to the statue head being cut off
ReformUK voters are those two Sycamore Gap wankers who "wanted some attention"
Pair guilty of cutting down Sycamore Gap tree - BBC News
Two men have been found guilty of the "mindless destruction" of the world famous Sycamore Gap tree, the felling of which sparked international outrage.
The tree had grown in a dip on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland for more than 100 years before it was cut down in a "moronic mission" in the early hours of 28 September 2023, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Why?
Mindless. Moronic.
And very male.
And please don't try to convince me that males are in crisis and need special attention because our egos are wounded due to women for the first time in history claiming long-denied rights.
You may sell. But I'm not buying.
#SycamoreGap #tree #vandalism #moronic #gender
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/09/two-men-found-guilty-of-felling-sycamore-gap-tree
Give them the maximum fucking penalty so other waster men get the fucking message.
"We just wanted to be famous"
Strike their names from the record, they are Nobody
https://news.sky.com/story/two-men-found-guilty-of-cutting-down-famous-sycamore-gap-tree-13363450
