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Hadrian’s Wall

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"Today was a very wet day here along #hadrianswall #nationaltrail

Here's the view looking west at Greencarts"

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Agonum said:
The nuances!
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It's like a beautiful painting mixed with photo realism. The cow and the rocks and all the beautiful grasses in the foreground and then all of that sensational sky, clouds, water, all those shades of grey and not-quite-grey (almost violet?).
 
ok, this is the craziest thing, but we were talking about hadrien's wall in english. we are doing british literature and i couldnt remember the name of the wall and i happen to see this thread right before my test. yall a life saver, lol
 
#applehead24 said:
ok, this is the craziest thing, but we were talking about hadrien's wall in english. we are doing british literature and i couldnt remember the name of the wall and i happen to see this thread right before my test. yall a life saver, lol
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@Agonum started the thread so it's all thanks to him, really. :)
 
www.theguardian.com

‘It signifies renewal’: recipients of Sycamore Gap saplings announced

‘Trees of hope’ will be planted across the UK, including at a prison and a children’s hospital, in National Trust scheme
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"Saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree are to be planted across the UK, including next to one of London’s most famous roads, at a rural category C prison and at a motor neurone disease centre opening in the name of the late rugby league star Rob Burrow.

The National Trust on Friday announced the recipients of 49 saplings it has called 'trees of hope'.

Nearly 500 applications were received after the Trust announced a scheme for the saplings to be gifted across the UK. There are 49 - one for each foot of the sycamore’s height – and all were grown from seeds recovered from the felled tree.

The Sycamore Gap tree was planted as a landscape feature on Hadrian’s Wall 150 years ago, becoming one of the most photographable places in England and the site of countless marriage proposals, birthday celebrations and scatterings of ashes.

Its illegal felling in September last year made headlines across the world, prompting feelings of sorrow, distress and anger.

“The tree meant so much to so many,” said Catherine Nuttgens, a tree expert who led the panel of judges which sifted through the applications. “Its destruction felt utterly senseless.”

Judging the applications had been a privilege and humbling, she said. “They were from across the whole country, from all walks of life, from pretty English villages to prisons.

“Everyone had their individual story and honestly, I could only read so many at a time … it was really emotional. They were all deserving, it was really, really hard to choose.”

All the saplings will be planted in publicly accessible places and will include the Rob Burrow centre for motor neurone disease due to open next summer at Seacroft hospital in Leeds."

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