britain s oldest chalk figure. leaping across the head of the ridgeway slope, it s thought to date back to the late bronze age, around 3,000 years old. and it s thanks to the annual work of volunteers on the ground that means we can still see this ancient animal marking. yes, a bitjust over there. using around 15 tonnes of chalk extracted from a local quarry, volunteers have travelled from near and far to help with the weeding and re chalking. my wife grew up in a village just down there and i grew up on the other side of the world, but i remember reading books about the white horse and it s amazing to be able to add something to it. i m researching a book on british art and this is 3,000 years old. so i thought what better way to get hands on with british art than to come and do a bit of weeding, as it turns out. and i saw you pounding away.
hands on with british art than to come and do a bit of weeding, as it turns out. and i saw you pounding away. how do you find it? it s harder work than i thought it was going to be. but, yeah, i ll take a break and go back to my parents. have a strong wrist, because it can be very tiring, and be dedicated because it s a lot of fun. not only restoring and maintaining this wonderful figure that we ve got, but also an opportunity for people to actually get hands on heritage. we say that we want you to understand that you re in the footsteps of the ancestors. without human intervention, the horse would simply grow over, over about 20 years. and for people to be able to contribute to its legacy and then go away and look back and say, well, hey, i did my bit that day, kept the horse going it s the feel good factor. there s certainly a feel good factor for layla and her family who travelled two and a half hours from dudley. well, you get dirty and if you get dirty,