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Ancient Pear Tree Comes Back to Life After Being Felled to Make Way for High Speed Rail in UK
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<blockquote data-quote="Michie" data-source="post: 77435996" data-attributes="member: 628"><p>In a huge surprise and delightful resolution to a painful situation, the second-oldest pear tree in Britain is regrowing vigorously after being transplanted to make way for a high-speed railway line.</p><p></p><p>Known as the “Cubbington Pear” due to its location in a woodland near this town in Warwickshire, contractors working on the new HS2 low-carbon line were not deterred by the tree’s victory in Britain’s prestigious <a href="https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ancient-oak-voted-englands-favorite-tree/" target="_blank">Tree of the Year contest</a> in 2015, and in 2020, carefully chopped the pear down in order to transplant it.</p><p></p><p>Located just 100 meters from its original location, the Cubbington Pear, believed to be 200 years old or more, is vigorously sprouting new shoots from the stump.</p><p></p><p>Continued below.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ancient-pear-tree-comes-back-to-life-after-being-felled-to-make-way-for-high-speed-rail-in-uk/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michie, post: 77435996, member: 628"] In a huge surprise and delightful resolution to a painful situation, the second-oldest pear tree in Britain is regrowing vigorously after being transplanted to make way for a high-speed railway line. Known as the “Cubbington Pear” due to its location in a woodland near this town in Warwickshire, contractors working on the new HS2 low-carbon line were not deterred by the tree’s victory in Britain’s prestigious [URL='https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ancient-oak-voted-englands-favorite-tree/']Tree of the Year contest[/URL] in 2015, and in 2020, carefully chopped the pear down in order to transplant it. Located just 100 meters from its original location, the Cubbington Pear, believed to be 200 years old or more, is vigorously sprouting new shoots from the stump. Continued below. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ancient-pear-tree-comes-back-to-life-after-being-felled-to-make-way-for-high-speed-rail-in-uk/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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