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205 has been my daily this week for my work commute and has been absolutely bob-on every day.

On way home between Chichester and Bognor I got a wave from 3 other road users - another 205 (a GT or SR), a 309 and someone on the Bognor Road roundabout in an MX-5 (was this @Crackers?) 

It does turn heads the little French red rocket, and makes me smile when people wave or turn heads as it makes its jolly noises along the road.

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  On 10/08/2024 at 21:04, dozeydustman said:

205 has been my daily this week for my work commute and has been absolutely bob-on every day.

On way home between Chichester and Bognor I got a wave from 3 other road users - another 205 (a GT or SR), a 309 and someone on the Bognor Road roundabout in an MX-5 (was this @Crackers?) 

It does turn heads the little French red rocket, and makes me smile when people wave or turn heads as it makes its jolly noises along the road.

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Not me squire, mine sold 18 months ago. However I've probably seen you around town without realising! 

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  On 10/08/2024 at 22:12, Crackers said:

Not me squire, mine sold 18 months ago. However I've probably seen you around town without realising! 

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I’ve not yet thundered around Chi in the 205 much as I have very little reason to go there now aside from work.

I’ve normally been thundering around Chi in the works Berlingo or a bin lorry!

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  On 10/08/2024 at 17:06, 320touring said:

 

I have lofty ambitions of planting them in the park we live in - the council had to remove a load of storm damage trees recently

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Please don't plant sycamore anywhere. It's a weed.

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  On 11/08/2024 at 19:16, GeorgeB said:

Please don't plant sycamore anywhere. It's a weed.

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Two things:

First, there is no such thing as a weed, that is just a term for plants growing unintentionally, thus if you plant it on purpose it is not a weed.

Second, sycamore has been growing in the UK for over 500 years, I doubt planting a few extra will cause any issues.

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  On 10/08/2024 at 12:53, egg said:

Never seen a badger!

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I’ve seen loads, well after they’ve  been run over and start smelling snd exploding.

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  On 11/08/2024 at 19:28, richardmorris said:

I’ve seen loads, well after they’ve  been run over and start smelling snd exploding.

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More to that - plenty of evidence of badgers on my walks in Surrey this weekend but no actual animals.

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  On 11/08/2024 at 19:16, GeorgeB said:

Please don't plant sycamore anywhere. It's a weed.

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A weed is just a plant growing where you don’t want it to.

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  On 12/08/2024 at 13:04, richardmorris said:

An eighth Banksy has appeared in Westmoor Street, Charlton, south-east London

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Haha just came here to post that. Its just down the road from me. 

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  On 12/08/2024 at 16:11, Rustybullethole said:

Haha just came here to post that. Its just down the road from me. 

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I’m not a huge fan of the monkey ones, but they do have an eye for using existing street furniture etc in the composition.

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  On 11/08/2024 at 19:40, richardmorris said:

A weed is just a plant growing where you don’t want it to.

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I don't want sycamores growing anywhere!

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  On 12/08/2024 at 19:04, GeorgeB said:

I don't want sycamores growing anywhere!

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Gap.

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Meh, not a fan of them as they seed everywhere and grow quickly, smothering nicer trees but a sycamore is better than no tree at all. Getting into the minutiae they aren't native so are much poorer for flora and fauna, especially insects and funghi. Ideally 320 should be planting native species but ideally I'd be dating Scarlett Johansson.

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  On 12/08/2024 at 19:29, somewhatfoolish said:

Meh, not a fan of them as they seed everywhere and grow quickly but a sycamore is better than no tree at all.

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There's one 30' from my front door, fills the gutters with leaves and the magpies shit bricks on cars parked under it.  A cherry right outside the door that drops cherries on the path that tramp into the house.

We have lots and lots of trees here, unfortunately too close to the houses and the roots undermine the foundations and cause havoc.

The council are apparently coming to turn them all onto firewood soon.

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  On 11/08/2024 at 19:16, GeorgeB said:

Please don't plant sycamore anywhere. It's a weed.

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  On 11/08/2024 at 19:24, reb said:

Two things:

First, there is no such thing as a weed, that is just a term for plants growing unintentionally, thus if you plant it on purpose it is not a weed.

Second, sycamore has been growing in the UK for over 500 years, I doubt planting a few extra will cause any issues.

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  On 12/08/2024 at 19:29, somewhatfoolish said:

Meh, not a fan of them as they seed everywhere and grow quickly, smothering nicer trees but a sycamore is better than no tree at all. Getting into the minutiae they aren't native so are much poorer for flora and fauna, especially insects and funghi. Ideally 320 should be planting native species but ideally I'd be dating Scarlett Johansson.

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  On 12/08/2024 at 19:49, myglaren said:

There's one 30' from my front door, fills the gutters with leaves and the magpies shit bricks on cars parked under it.  A cherry right outside the door that drops cherries on the path that tramp into the house.

We have lots and lots of trees here, unfortunately too close to the houses and the roots undermine the foundations and cause havoc.

The council are apparently coming to turn them all onto firewood soon.

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No to Sycamores:

Sycamores,  have a ridiculously high germination rate. Seeding is prolific.

Will grow ,in a short time, into a large tree (20m tall).

Root spread covers a large area. these trees are very thirsty. the ground around will be very dry and may cause shrinkage.

Then there is the issue of aphid shit.

This says that the tree being native to the UK is questionable.

https://tree2mydoor.com/pages/information-trees-tree-directory-sycamore-trees

 

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Thanks for the info folks.

 

There are a fair few sycamore round here already (that's where the seeds came from) so I'm not going to be introducing them into a virgin area etc.

Likely a couple of years before they'll be ready for anything anyway.. so will research options in the meantime.

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not seen nuns on the run for years

ROFL at the beginning where they rob the van and robbie has a mk1 sierra but its got GLF in the number plate

ALL SCTSCH ARE QUIK KEN

@320touring

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Re: Sycamores

Aren’t they intentionally planted in urban settings for the quick growth? I know they’re common here, as they can replace a tree that’s been cut down faster than just about anything else. 
Maybe not in a forest or a densely packed park (like we have any of those left), but in urban settings where they’re planted on the sidewalks? 

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