[Sunny_01]

I know that gypsies are just people like you or I. They choose to live a transient life as they dont like to put down roots. I also know there is a huge difference between real gypsies who are very proud of their homes, and surroundings to those travellers that land and leave a total mess in their wake!

We have a specific site a few miles from where I live and it is very clean and tidy as are all the people and caravans, in fact probably cleaner than the streets and houses many people live in.

One of the biggest problems is local authorities used to have an obligation to provide land for travellers and gypsies and that law was revoked a number of years ago which is why they are forced to park just anywhere.

The new era of travellers give gypsies a really bad name which is shame as real gypsies are as appalled as you or I at the messes that travellers leave and are acutely aware that it reflects on them as a community.