{"id":22893,"date":"2019-01-27T22:47:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T22:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=22893"},"modified":"2022-12-25T16:36:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T16:36:48","slug":"dark-hedges-damaged-by-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=22893","title":{"rendered":"Dark Hedges Damaged By Winds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"TheI don\u2019t watch Game of Thrones, but there is apparently a natural feature in Northern Ireland called The Dark Hedges. It is a tunnel formed by Beech trees, and it has been used in the series because of its other-worldly appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trees which form the tunnel have apparently been damaged by the weather before, but another was felled by strong winds over the weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s what I don\u2019t understand. A tree expert has said that the trees have stood since 1775, and that Beech trees have a typical life expectancy of around 250 years, so at 240 years these are very old. There were originally about 150 trees, but due to natural events there are only 90 left (well, 89 after the windy weekend). The tree expert says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s sad to see that one by one they are actually falling.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Erm. Excuse me, but isn\u2019t it possible to plant new<\/strong> trees when one dies or gets blown over? They could even clone the existing ones to keep the history alive if they wanted. I mean, fair enough. They have<\/strong> left it about 100 years too late, but even now the feature could be preserved for posterity – instead of just being allowed to fizzle out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There really is something wrong with mankind that I can\u2019t quite put my finger on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n