the m6 at tebay

[bwfcolinh58]

when heading south on the m6 near tebay,there is a heart shaped clump of trees.

my mate at work reckons they were planted by sweethearts to mark the site of a ww2 plane crash.

is this correct

thanks in advance

[Octavius]

Scroll down here for some info....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/features/2004/05/ m6/index.shtml

[Grendel]

Apparently there were two farming families in the valley who had an ancient feud. One family had a daughter and the other a son who, of course, fell in love. When the respective families found out about the love affair there was a huge scene and the pair were told they would never be allowed to marry.

So the fated lovers met secretly one last time. They climbed the fell where the wood is (though there wasn't a wood then) and he killed her and then killed himself.

Both families were so distraught at the tragedy they had caused that they planted the heart shaped wood at the place where the pair had committed suicide.