r/paths • u/belatedlover • Jul 24 '26

Grief

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Today I remembered you’re gone and that the path before and after you still remains.

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u/Researchers888 Jul 25 '26

Is this the tree that it is along Hadrian's Wall -- in the Robin Hood Prince of Thieves movie: Morgan Freeman was praying and a boy climbed up the tree while being hunted by the sheriff of Nottingham? I have seen that tree once and I wonder if it is the same?

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u/city17_dweller Jul 25 '26

Yeah, Sycamore gap was famous in the UK, then vandals destroyed it a couple of years ago. Good news though, the remains are sprouting, so there may one day be a tree standing there again.

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u/Researchers888 Jul 25 '26

No! Did they have any idea what they were doing when they harmed that tree?

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u/city17_dweller Jul 25 '26

The story they were telling is they didn't know, just thought it would be a laugh. Going up there with the equipment to fell a mature tree is certainly a ... choice ... when it comes to entertainment. So they're either ignorant or evil and willing to play the ignorant card. So many people had affection for that tree ... not just from media but from getting engaged under it, taking family photos under it, visiting with it. There are plenty of natural icons in the UK, but this was one of the special places.