Bling, shire horses, ornate Romany caravans and dogs holding up queues of traffic - it can only be the annual Appleby Horse Fair - Cumbria

From the Daily Mail

Thousands of Travellers across Britain are setting off for the biggest, fattest, not to mention wildest, Gypsy gathering of them all - the annual Appleby Horse Fair.

The week-long event, which attracts visitors from all over Europe and the rest of the world, begins next Thursday but many traders have already begun the long, slow journey in their ornate horse-drawn Romany caravans.

Groups of the traditional vehicles were spotted making slow progress along the A65 in North Yorkshire with traffic backing up as cars and lorries struggled to overtake.

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