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Bowerhill girl takes leavers’ day by the reins

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Lucy and Bumble.
Lucy and Bumble.

LUCY Cox finished primary school in style this week by riding home on a horse.

Lucy, a Bowerhill Primary pupil who is joining Melksham Oak in September, was surprised when she finished her last day at school to find her mum waiting at the gates with her horse Bumble.

A crowd of pupils and parents gathered in awe to see and pet the horse, before Lucy rode Bumble through Bowerhill and home.

 

 

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