After Vandalism, the Sycamore Gap Tree Sprouts Again » Explorersweb

After Vandalism, the Sycamore Gap Tree Sprouts Again » Explorersweb

A week after the criminal sentencing of two men who cut down the iconic Sycamore Gap Tree, I hiked along Hadrian's Wall to the ruins of where the tree once stood. It was overcast. My through-walk had begun two days before in the sun, but by the time I swung away from the highway and tame agricultural land, the wind had swept in with force. It was the perfect moody northern British day to stare mournfully at the treeless Gap, a monument to sensel…