The travellers were blamed for fly-tipping when all that was left on the common after they went back up north were some neat piles of mulched bark and branches.
Of course, they should not have left anything, ideally. But I’m not convinced they didn’t cut back the overgrowth to get their caravans parked, improving a meadow which was hideously unkempt after years of neglect by the local authorities.
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