'More than just a tree': recollections of Northumberland's Sycamore Gap

Readers have been contacting the Guardian with their emotionally detailed personal memories of the felled landmarkShare your memories and pictures of the Sycamore Gap treeShock, sadness and anger over the destruction of the 300-year-old Sycamore Gap tree have been emotionally detailed by readers contacting the Guardian with personal memories of its picturesque presence.The tree meant so much, to so many. A local man, Michael Palmer, summed it up: "Sycamore Gap is a Northumberland symbol, more than a piece of landscape, more than just a tree; it's as instantly recognisable as the Palace of Westminster or the Liver Building." Continue reading...