Vandals who tore up some recently planted apple trees along the route of one of Bristol’s busiest cycle paths have been called out by possibly the most polite and Bristolian sign ever.
The young trees were almost all destroyed alongside the Concorde Way cycle path, as it passes the Ashley Down allotments on the way into the city centre from the north of the city.
The vandalism is thought to have happened at the weekend, and has left many people upset at its utter senselessness, and the loss of potential fruit and/or cider.
One person has posted a note on the cycle path at the location - requesting something of a high noon showdown meeting with the person or persons responsible for the mindless vandalism.
But there is something rather positive and lovely about the note, which looks for a way forward from the disagreement over whether apple trees should be there and left untouched, or ripped out of the ground.
“To the person who doesn’t like these apple trees,” the notice begins in eye-catching capital letters, before switching to a less shouty normal, lower case.
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“Let’s meet here next Saturday (27th) at 12 noon to discuss our differences and see how we can accommodate each other,” it added.
It is unclear whether the apples trees were causing anyone any kind of bother, and there was a specific reason for their destruction, or whether the person or persons responsible were just destroying for the sake of it.
The vandalism, and the notice, was noticed by Claire Snook, who tweeted that the destruction of the apple trees was ‘so sad’.
“A couple of the trees have been left and they’re tall and flowering,” she wrote.
“(It’s) such a shame, could have had that all down the path,” she added.
It remains to be seen whether someone will show up to discuss the apple trees with the author of the notice at noon on Saturday.
