For over, 100 years the River Avon from Evesham to Stratford has lain silted up and derelict. No boats could travel along one of Britain's most beautiful waterways. David Hutchings of the Upper Avon Navigation Trust is bringing it back to life. Every single day of the week he works with prisoners and volunteers to build new locks, weirs and bridges and dredge the river. Soon a new leisure waterway will be open. (from Birmingham)