regional landmark for generations, the picturesque lone tree (see previously) growing in a dramatic dip in the Northumbrian landscape near Hadrian’s Wall was chopped down by a vandal for a chance to achieve some dread and senseless Herostratic fame (more here). The community near the craggy terrain are of course very saddened to loose a natural monument in this fashion, especially when so much more is threatened with accelerated climate change, and there are already plans in place to coax it into regrowing but it won’t have the same character. synchronoptica
one year ago: assorted links to revisit plus St Leoba
two years ago: your daily demon: Halphas plus more links to enjoy
three years ago: Pope John Paul I plus Trump’s taxes
four years ago: hitchhiking returns to Brussels
five years ago: William the Conqueror crosses the Channel (1066) plus the #MeToo movement