Children brave the mud to celebrate the K&A's 200th birthday

Planting an avenue of trees by local schoolchildren on the road leading to the Caen Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Devizes had to be postponed last week because of snow.  

Devizes St Joseph's School pupils with BW regeneration Manager, Sarah Brice, plant trees at Caen Hill. Picture by Bob Naylor

A group of children from St Joseph's School in Devizes braved the mud yesterday (Thursday) and with the help of British Waterways Regeneration Managers Sarah Brice and Elaine Stanley they planted the last section of trees to complete the avenue of 27 oak trees.
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