So many milestones were celebrated beneath the spreading boughs of the centuries-old tree at Sycamore Gap.
New love was celebrated with proposals on bended knee at the undulation of Hadrian’s Wall, and farewells were made in its enduring presence.
The sense of loss and hurt felt by so many at the illegal felling of the tree has been linked to the shattering of a place of peace. A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of criminal damage was released on bail yesterday pending further inquiries.
Northumbria police said last night that a man in his sixties had been arrested by officers investigating the tree felling.
Officials from the National Trust, which owns the land, took cuttings and seeds from the fallen tree in the hope that
