It's a little after 7.30am when Caroline Wilson leaves her home in Hailsham, East Sussex, to walk her children to school. As she makes her way through neat rows of houses towards Hawkes Farm Primary School, she is joined by other children and parents, each wearing a bright yellow tabard emblazoned with the words "Walking bus".
Half an hour later, the walking bus arrives at the school gates, along with several other walking buses run by volunteer parents. The scheme not only helps to reduce congestion and road accidents around the school. It's also a very simple way of ensuring that children receive regular exercise as part of their daily lives, believes Andrew Keer, school travel co-ordinator with East Sussex County Council, which help set up the scheme.
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