Snow did nothing to dampen the spirits of dozens of children who turned out to help save the planet by planting trees at a campsite for the Marlow District Scouts last weekend.

Around 400 trees were planted at the Pheasants Hill campsite to fill in holes and gaps, and spruce up the site, while helping the environment.

Organiser Neil Wragg said the idea of the tree-planting was to get children to “engage with nature” and “leave a legacy”.

He said: “We have had the site for more than 60 years so it needed a bit of tidying up. Nothing has really been done for a while.

“The children came from Marlow, High Wycombe and the surrounding areas. 

“It will be nice to get more trees to leave a legacy and try to off-set all the carbon we use.

“It was also nice to get the kids connected and to get them engaged with nature so in future they can bring their kids and grandkids and say ‘I planted that tree’.”

Pheasants Hill is in a protected area of the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is surrounded by footpaths, woodlands and open fields for the youngsters.