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Unspeakable vandalism: Anger as trees are butchered at famous beauty spot

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December 22, 2023

CHRIS Packham joined the outcry over the felling of trees beside Windermere in the Lake District.

- Chris Riches

Unspeakable vandalism: Anger as trees are butchered at famous beauty spot

Residents have blasted it as an "act of unspeakable vandalism" against the popular beauty spot.

Unconfirmed reports say a private landowner may be to blame. Images of the felling, like the loss of the "Sycamore Gap" tree on Hadrian's Wall, went viral, prompting TV naturalist Chris, below, to say: "Growing trees is not easy.

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