Traveller's anguish at continuous moving - Berkshire

From the Reading Chronicle

A TRAVELLER mother staying in a disused field outside Reading is fed up with being continuously moved for "no reason".

More than 20 caravans moved into two fields next to the A33 in Great Lea at Three Mile Cross on Tuesday night, and have already had several visits from police and a Wokingham Borough Council enforcement officer.

Karina Royles, 23, arrived with her family from Epsom and is staying in one of nine caravans in the first field. She said: "It is ridiculous if they tell us to leave already. We always keep ourselves to ourselves, we keep it tidy, always putting our rubbish in black bin bags and moving it. No-one should have any issues with us.

"We don't do any harm to anyone so I don't see why they can't just leave us alone, I get so sick of moving all the time for no reason."

In the next door caravan Tina Smith said: "The police were here last night and this morning so I imagine it won't be long before we have to leave again, we aren't doing anything wrong."

There were similar complaints from the owners of the 15 caravans in the adjoining field, where Cheryl Lewis, 23, added: "We just do what the men want us to do really, we could leave in 10 minutes or in three days, it's up to them."

A resident of Great Lea said: "I don't want them to come any further down here. It makes me worried that they are so close by, they always leave the area in such a mess."

Council spokeswoman Louise Isaacs said: "We are liaising with the police and our legal department and we will take legal action if and when it is necessary."