YOUNG people from Spain and Germany have been in Wiltshire to work with young people from across the county to undertake conservation projects and to have some fun.
The ten-day exchange gives the twelve young people from Wiltshire the chance to work with and get to know twelve young people from Spain and twelve from Germany.
They are all aged between 15 and 19 years old.
The young people have been working with staff from Wiltshire County Council's youth development service, the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers and Youth Action Wiltshire, a local youth voluntary organisation, to carry out improvements to a cycle path between Chiseldon and Marlborough.
The path will become part of the national cycle network.
The project has seen the young people get stuck into a range of jobs including digging a pond, constructing a dam, cutting back nettles and undergrowth, removing rusty fences and wire, and removing redundant concrete posts.
They have also had a chance to be creative, crafting willow sculptures, making and installing a new bench and putting up bat and bird boxes.
But it has not all been about hard work, the young people have had a chance to relax and get to know one another during trips to Cotswold Water Park, Salisbury, Stonehenge and London.
They also undertook some conservation work at Cotswold Water Park and had a raft building competition.
Wiltshire County Council youth development worker, Jaki Farrell, said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for young people from across Europe to come together to work with and get to know each other.
"They will also be involved in important conservation work helping BTCV and Sustrans to improve this stretch of cycle path so that it can be added to the national cycle network.
"They have really enjoyed themselves and have put in an awful lot of effort.''
The volunteers have been staying at the Oxenwood outdoor education and conference centre run by Wiltshire County Council youth development service. The Wiltshire teenagers come from Devizes, Salisbury, Mere and Potterne.
The exchange is funded by Wiltshire County Council and a grant from the British Council.
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