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100 Years: Anniversary of Boy Scouts celebrated

A Devon farming family has unveiled a maze in a 10-acre field of maize to mark the 100th anniversary of the scouting movement.
Nick Lees and his family have created an image of the movement's founder Robert Baden-Powell in the corn.

The maze, which is open to the public, has been created in a field at Bickleigh, near Tiverton.
Read entire article at BBC