2001 enquiry decision satisfactorily, or restore the site, by which time the turf for the horse had already been cut and transplanted. Over two weeks in May 2003 a team of volunteers including locally based Gurkha soldiers transported, cut and positioned limestone slabs in the trenches, fixing them in place with pins. The limestone laying phase of the construction, which had been delayed when the Gurkhas were needed to crew fire engines during the 2002–2003 Firemen's strike, was completed in early June 2003, with the formal notice from the EU outstanding. In June 2004 "The Friends of the Folkestone White Horse" was formed, to promote the landmark and look after the site, which requires periodic light weeding. A time capsule was buried on the site on 18 June 2004. See also Hill figures of England The White Horse at Ebbsfleet, a standing white horse sculpture planned for Ebbsfleet, Kent White horse of Kent, the prancing white horse symbol of Kent Litlington White Horse References External links Friends of the Folkestone White Horse official site Information about the Folkestone White Horse Folkestone Protected areas of Kent Channel Tunnel Hill figures in England White horses (hill figures) in England 2003 works 2003 establishments in England Buildings and structures celebrating the third millennium