#ClimateChange #UK
"UK's rudest chalk figure gets a glow-up to stop it fading in the rain
For centuries, the Cerne Abbas Giant has been hard to miss.
The 55-metre chalk figure, cut into a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, shows a naked, club-wielding man whose outline has made him one of the UK's most instantly recognizable historic landmarks.
But the National Trust, which owns and manages the site, says changing weather patterns are making it harder to keep the Giant prominent on the hillside.
National Trust staff and volunteers will this week pack tonnes of new chalk onto the figure to restore the crisp whiteness of his outline."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvppe84lnvo
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