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local landowner* was getting cross with all the people coming to see it. I've had a couple of run ins with them walking the dog there * edit: i mentioned this
by techterrier 3y ago
local landowner* was getting cross with all the people coming to see it. I've had a couple of run ins with them walking the dog there
* edit: i mentioned this on another forum and was corrected- the land is owned by the National Trust, my run ins were probably with a tennant farmer.
- datameta 3y agoWhat happens when an unstoppable instagram generation meets an immovable NIMBY.
- Steltek 3y agoThe popularity of that tree predates Instagram. Insta might exacerbate the phenomenon but it's not new. E.g. Rick Steves and Cinque Terre.
- datameta 3y agoAs I touched on in another comment, social media is a disproportionate attractor of travelers for many famous locations around the world, especially for those that are "out of the way". In addition, there is an influx of global middle class with the newly found means to travel. Over a billion people in a generation.
- macNchz 3y agoEven in already-popular places I think there is something about “getting the photo” that gives people this kind of tunnel vision where they’ll behave in ways they might not otherwise. It has been noticeable living near and regularly walking/running across the Brooklyn Bridge and through the Front and Washington viewpoint in DUMBO, before and after the rise of Instagram. People are aggressive, selfish, and absolutely unaware of others as they try to get their version of a photo that is taken tens of thousands of times a day.
- Steltek 3y agoI wish people would realize that their vacation photos should include, well, them. When I travel, I'm taking pictures of my family doing things, not the things they're doing. No one needs another generic copy of just the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty.
- andybak 3y agoI don't want photos of me popping up in my holiday photos. I want things that reminds me of where I went, not my poor fashion choices when abroad!
- coding123 3y agoI don't know why people don't just download a photo then?
- driscoll42 3y agoI recall a story I once read about an elderly woman showing her family videos from her trip to the Grand Canyon decades before. You could hear her shooing her family out of the video so she could get a good view of the Grand Canyon, and afterwards she just wished she had more video of her family, not of a landmark. There are innumerable photos of most of these places, only a few of family and friends.
- Clamchop 3y agoOh, there'll be photos of themselves, all posed in the same way and always with the same smiles, straight off the factory line. I let people enjoy what they want, I swear, but rote instagram portraits are as bland as wet newspaper.
- toyg 3y agoI wonder if such tennant can be evicted.
- jacquesm 3y agoIf it's found they felled the tree then they're in a lot of trouble.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoSadly it would be pretty hard to pin this on them. Farmers and field owners get away with almost anything in the UK. Look at the gorse fires or the state of Lough Neagh.
- jacquesm 3y agoI believe you but I find it hard to imagine that something like this would go without serious consequences. Here in NL cutting down any tree, even if it is on your own land requires a permit. Doing it without a permit to a vandalize a valuable piece of heritage should not be without consequences.
- yourusername 3y ago> Here in NL cutting down any tree, even if it is on your own land requires a permit. Depends on the municipality. Rules around cutting down trees vary from "go ahead if it's not one of these 5 protected trees" to "please pay 1000 euro to request a permit 6 weeks in advance".
- jacquesm 3y agoGo ahead is still a permit though.
- yourusername 3y agoMany municipalities state there is no need for a permit unless you want to cut down specific protected trees.
- dontlaugh 3y agoThere were very few people there every time I've been, seems like a poor reason.
- blitzar 3y agoReminds me of a wonky pub that inconveniently burnt down recently.