
However I feel this indicates that these communities are whimps.
Twice in the last 10 years we have removed these nuisances in our area. The police will not help and only strong action is enough.
On one occasion they were moved on by threatening to block them in. They don't like that.
On the other occasion on our local playing fields the travellers were left in no doubt that their presence on the football pitches would not be tolerated. The police were called and the inspector pleaded with us to step back and not annoy them. We replied that they were annoying us and if they did not move we would get the muckspreader out and use it as we were entitled to do as it was our land.
The inspector , fearing trouble persuaded the travellers to move on.
So there you have it. How to protect your open spaces from this invasion. Go in determined and hard. The police don't want confrontation and will do anything to stop it.
Be soft and see your rights trampled on.
Do not think I am against these people. All we ask is for them to live in houses like the rest of us AND PAY THEIR TAXES.
Also few of them are Romany gypsies. Most are Irish tinkers with large houses in Ireland but who come over here to make cash in hand tax free and leave us to clear the mess they always leave behind.
They are not a minority ethnic and even if they were there should be one law for all.