From the Grantham Journal
A planning application has been submitted for a site which could accommodate up to 20 mobile homes for Gypsy and Traveller families.
If accepted, the site in Woolsthorpe Lane, Sedgebrook, would be home to 10 pitches - each pitch able to accommodate two mobile homes - and 10 toilet blocks.
An application by the same applicant - Mr T. Hone - for a site of the same size was rejected in October of last year on grounds including location, surface water drainage and ecology.
However, the applicant believes these concerns have now been overcome so has re-submitted the application.
The original application was opposed by Sedgebrook Parish Council on the grounds of road safety and the isolated setting.
The design and access statement says: “Mr Hone and numerous Traveller families have enquired at a number of Traveller pitches within the local area and have been told they are at full occupancy.
“As no further land has been allocated for this use by the county council, this has left the Travellers homeless, thus forcing them to pitch on land which they do not own. This brings with it many problems and concerns for neighbouring residents.
“The available space for this type of land use is limited within its local are but the demand for accommodation is high. Making better use of this land will reduce the need for Travellers to house on land which they do not own.”
Mr Hone and his agent argue the new application addresses the previous concerns and say the site:
+ has good, safe, convenient access to the road network
+ is coveniently located for schools and other community facilities
+ does not visually encroach into the open countryside
The application will be heard by South Kesteven District Council’s development control committee as a later date.
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Three suspects arrested in investigation over 'appalling' slavery ring run at Gypsy camp
From the Standard
It brings the total of arrested suspects to seven as South Wales Police search the site for human remains.
Six men aged 66, 42, 36 53, 38 and 20, and a 42-year-old women are all being questioned in relation to the ring that has rocked the Newport and Cardiff area.
The police’s Operation Imperial was launched after a "vulnerable" British man was found earlier in the year living in poor conditions on Cariad Farm in Peterstone.
The site is described locally as Gypsy and Traveller accommodation.
The alleged victim has been named as Darrell Simester, a 43-year-old Worcestershire resident who had been missing for 13 years after disappearing while holidaying in Porthcawl, south Wales.
He was found with torn clothes and several of his teeth missing, and told police that he was forced to work 12 hours a day by his cruel captors after being lured in by the offer of a job.
Another victim, a Polish man, was discovered on the site on Monday, and the traumatised man has been taken to "a place of safety" to have his mental and physical health assessed.
And a third victim, a 60-year-old man, was allegedly discovered at an address in St Brides, Newport.
A Home Office spokesman said: "It is an appalling reminder of the extent to which slavery has reappeared in our country.
"The Home Secretary has made clear her determination to tackle the scourge of modern slavery and the organised criminal gangs behind it.
This is a fast-moving and complicated investigation and we are grateful to the public for the continued assistance and support they have shown so far
Detective Superintendent Paul Griffiths
"We are already taking action on a number of fronts. We are working with front line professionals to help them better identify and support potential victims."
Detective Superintendent Paul Griffiths called for support from the public for the investigation: "This is a fast-moving and complicated investigation and we are grateful to the public for the continued assistance and support they have shown so far.
"I'm still appealing for anyone with any information to contact us on 101 quoting log 66 23/09/13.
"Alternatively if anyone has information and would rather not pass this directly to the police then I would urge them to contact Crimestoppers, which is independent of the police and guarantees complete anonymity, on 0800 555111."
Wales, Newport, Cardiff, raid
It brings the total of arrested suspects to seven as South Wales Police search the site for human remains.
Six men aged 66, 42, 36 53, 38 and 20, and a 42-year-old women are all being questioned in relation to the ring that has rocked the Newport and Cardiff area.
The police’s Operation Imperial was launched after a "vulnerable" British man was found earlier in the year living in poor conditions on Cariad Farm in Peterstone.
The site is described locally as Gypsy and Traveller accommodation.
The alleged victim has been named as Darrell Simester, a 43-year-old Worcestershire resident who had been missing for 13 years after disappearing while holidaying in Porthcawl, south Wales.
He was found with torn clothes and several of his teeth missing, and told police that he was forced to work 12 hours a day by his cruel captors after being lured in by the offer of a job.
Another victim, a Polish man, was discovered on the site on Monday, and the traumatised man has been taken to "a place of safety" to have his mental and physical health assessed.
And a third victim, a 60-year-old man, was allegedly discovered at an address in St Brides, Newport.
A Home Office spokesman said: "It is an appalling reminder of the extent to which slavery has reappeared in our country.
"The Home Secretary has made clear her determination to tackle the scourge of modern slavery and the organised criminal gangs behind it.
This is a fast-moving and complicated investigation and we are grateful to the public for the continued assistance and support they have shown so far
Detective Superintendent Paul Griffiths
"We are already taking action on a number of fronts. We are working with front line professionals to help them better identify and support potential victims."
Detective Superintendent Paul Griffiths called for support from the public for the investigation: "This is a fast-moving and complicated investigation and we are grateful to the public for the continued assistance and support they have shown so far.
"I'm still appealing for anyone with any information to contact us on 101 quoting log 66 23/09/13.
"Alternatively if anyone has information and would rather not pass this directly to the police then I would urge them to contact Crimestoppers, which is independent of the police and guarantees complete anonymity, on 0800 555111."
Wales, Newport, Cardiff, raid
Hart Gypsy site ‘least sustainable’ says Hartlepool planning officer at packed meeting - County Durham
From the Hartlepool Mail
A SENIOR council planning officer admitted the land chosen as the preferred choice for a permanent Gypsy and Traveller site was the “least sustainable” of the 16 shortlisted sites.
But despite that revelation, by Chris Pipe, the council’s planning services manager, and the fact it is the 14th most costly site, Hartlepool Borough Council planning bosses admitted that – other than the two sites chosen – none of the other sites are now being considered.
That is despite all of the shortlisted sites fitting the criteria which council planning officers set out at the start of the process to designate land for a Gypsy and Traveller site in the town.
Earlier this summer, Hartlepool Borough Council’s finance and policy committee opted for Hart Smallholdings West, to the west of Hart Village, as their preferred site with Hart Smallholdings East as the back-up option.
More than 100 Hart residents and ward councillors packed into a lecture theatre at Hartlepool College of Further Education yesterday as the Government’s planning inspector Kevin Ward resumed his examination into the council’s Local Plan.
And a panel including resident representatives, Hart Parish Council chairman John Littlefair and James Hall of planning and design consultancy firm Barton Willmore, took the opportunity to fire a number of concerns they have about the decision to planning officers and council staff.
Campaigners against the decision pressed the planning officers on why members of the council’s finance and policy committee opted for the two sites in Hart.
Chris Pipe, the council’s planning services manager, explained how a selection process had whittled 465 sites down to a shortlist of just 16, all of which fitted the criteria of being sustainable, suitable and deliverable.
It was then down to the committee members to make the final decision which was carried out on a meeting on August 8.
But Ms Pipe added: “Officers considered them all to be deliverable.
“What weight they gave to the evidence in front of them was to the transgression of the decision maker.”
Andrew Carter, senior planning officer, said all of the shortlisted sites were sustainable but admitted Hart Smallholdings West is “essentially the least sustainable of the 16 sites.”
The examination also heard how, despite Hart Smallholdings West being deemed to be suitable, sustainable and deliverable, there are waiting lists for places at Hart Primary School and the next nearest primary school, Clavering.
Parish council chair Mr Littlefair also aired his concerns about damage to the farmland where the site is being planned, flooding in the area, traffic on the busy A179 and access to hospital and medical services.
The examination, which was suspended earlier this year after Mr Ward called on officers to carry out further work to find an appropriate Gypsy and Traveller site, will continue today when Mr Ward will discuss the overall housing provision and tomorrow with the discussion of site allocation at Tunstall Farm.
A SENIOR council planning officer admitted the land chosen as the preferred choice for a permanent Gypsy and Traveller site was the “least sustainable” of the 16 shortlisted sites.
But despite that revelation, by Chris Pipe, the council’s planning services manager, and the fact it is the 14th most costly site, Hartlepool Borough Council planning bosses admitted that – other than the two sites chosen – none of the other sites are now being considered.
That is despite all of the shortlisted sites fitting the criteria which council planning officers set out at the start of the process to designate land for a Gypsy and Traveller site in the town.
Earlier this summer, Hartlepool Borough Council’s finance and policy committee opted for Hart Smallholdings West, to the west of Hart Village, as their preferred site with Hart Smallholdings East as the back-up option.
More than 100 Hart residents and ward councillors packed into a lecture theatre at Hartlepool College of Further Education yesterday as the Government’s planning inspector Kevin Ward resumed his examination into the council’s Local Plan.
And a panel including resident representatives, Hart Parish Council chairman John Littlefair and James Hall of planning and design consultancy firm Barton Willmore, took the opportunity to fire a number of concerns they have about the decision to planning officers and council staff.
Campaigners against the decision pressed the planning officers on why members of the council’s finance and policy committee opted for the two sites in Hart.
Chris Pipe, the council’s planning services manager, explained how a selection process had whittled 465 sites down to a shortlist of just 16, all of which fitted the criteria of being sustainable, suitable and deliverable.
It was then down to the committee members to make the final decision which was carried out on a meeting on August 8.
But Ms Pipe added: “Officers considered them all to be deliverable.
“What weight they gave to the evidence in front of them was to the transgression of the decision maker.”
Andrew Carter, senior planning officer, said all of the shortlisted sites were sustainable but admitted Hart Smallholdings West is “essentially the least sustainable of the 16 sites.”
The examination also heard how, despite Hart Smallholdings West being deemed to be suitable, sustainable and deliverable, there are waiting lists for places at Hart Primary School and the next nearest primary school, Clavering.
Parish council chair Mr Littlefair also aired his concerns about damage to the farmland where the site is being planned, flooding in the area, traffic on the busy A179 and access to hospital and medical services.
The examination, which was suspended earlier this year after Mr Ward called on officers to carry out further work to find an appropriate Gypsy and Traveller site, will continue today when Mr Ward will discuss the overall housing provision and tomorrow with the discussion of site allocation at Tunstall Farm.
New ‘Pitch–Up Points’ For Travellers? - Humberside
From The Glanforder
At Monday evening’s meeting of Brigg Town Council a question was raised as to whether new electrical ‘pitch–up points’ for Travellers are being installed at Station Yard in Brigg.
The installation is currently three plastic tubes imbedded in the ground, along with a junction box. It sits at the far end of Station Yard nearest to Bigby Road. The work was done about one to two weeks ago.
The question over its purpose was asked by Cllr Penny Smith who has heard that it will provide an electricity outlet for Travellers staying on Station Yard. Cllr Karl Sherwood said that he did not know about the installation but will seek to find out and report back.
At Monday evening’s meeting of Brigg Town Council a question was raised as to whether new electrical ‘pitch–up points’ for Travellers are being installed at Station Yard in Brigg.
The installation is currently three plastic tubes imbedded in the ground, along with a junction box. It sits at the far end of Station Yard nearest to Bigby Road. The work was done about one to two weeks ago.
The question over its purpose was asked by Cllr Penny Smith who has heard that it will provide an electricity outlet for Travellers staying on Station Yard. Cllr Karl Sherwood said that he did not know about the installation but will seek to find out and report back.
Vandals trash Travellers’ site in Dundee
From the Courier
Residents at the Balmuir Wood Caravan Park, which is run by Dundee City Council, woke up on Saturday to find the site strewn with rubbish, abandoned caravans and faeces.
The wreckage of nine caravans has been left abandoned on the site. Bins were emptied with black rubbish bags littered across the camp.
One 92-year-old man said the people who left the mess gave Travellers a bad name.
“There were about 30 of them got up and left,” he said.
“They all got drunk. They were all contractors making big money. We don’t call them Travellers. They are a different class. They just run from site to site leaving a mess.”
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland’s Tayside Division confirmed the force had received a report of vandalism in the Tealing area.
A spokesman for Dundee City Council said: “We are assessing the damage before undertaking a clean-up. The incident has been reported to Police Scotland.”
see also: thetele.co.uk - Dundee Travellers’ site trashed in trail of destruction
Residents at the Balmuir Wood Caravan Park, which is run by Dundee City Council, woke up on Saturday to find the site strewn with rubbish, abandoned caravans and faeces.
The wreckage of nine caravans has been left abandoned on the site. Bins were emptied with black rubbish bags littered across the camp.
One 92-year-old man said the people who left the mess gave Travellers a bad name.
“There were about 30 of them got up and left,” he said.
“They all got drunk. They were all contractors making big money. We don’t call them Travellers. They are a different class. They just run from site to site leaving a mess.”
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland’s Tayside Division confirmed the force had received a report of vandalism in the Tealing area.
A spokesman for Dundee City Council said: “We are assessing the damage before undertaking a clean-up. The incident has been reported to Police Scotland.”
see also: thetele.co.uk - Dundee Travellers’ site trashed in trail of destruction
Tensions running high as Travellers take residence on Swindon Rugby Club Grounds - Wiltshire
From FLIC Wiltshire
Tensions are running high at Swindon Rugby Club after a group of Travellers turned up overnight and set up camp on the club's grounds.
The Travellers entered the site via the Twickenham Close access point at some point during the night and have taken up residence on the Mini and Junior field.
Wiltshire Police have attended the site and have said that extra patrols will be maintaining vigilance.
Stratton Parish Council and staff from the Rubgy Club have also spoken to the Travellers, who say that they will be leaving by Saturday morning.
The Rugby Club has said that understandably the situation has caused "highly charged feelings"
"We have spoken with the Travellers, and are now working with the relevant authoritative bodies to resolve the situation lawfully, fairly and in a timely manner to ensure that the said persons vacate the area by Saturday morning latest.
Whilst this fluid situation exists, the committee and Stratton Parish Council would request all SRFC members undertake extra vigilance on security of the club premises, motor vehicles parked on site, sports equipment and personal possessions. In the interests of personal safety and security the committee also asks that all members please refrain from any verbal or personal contact with the Travellers.
Further information will be communicated as events unfold, but we realistically expect them to be in situ until Saturday AM taking into account the many factors involved in such a matter.We would thank the several members and friends of the club who communicated the issue so promptly early this morning."
Tensions are running high at Swindon Rugby Club after a group of Travellers turned up overnight and set up camp on the club's grounds.
The Travellers entered the site via the Twickenham Close access point at some point during the night and have taken up residence on the Mini and Junior field.
Wiltshire Police have attended the site and have said that extra patrols will be maintaining vigilance.
Stratton Parish Council and staff from the Rubgy Club have also spoken to the Travellers, who say that they will be leaving by Saturday morning.
The Rugby Club has said that understandably the situation has caused "highly charged feelings"
"We have spoken with the Travellers, and are now working with the relevant authoritative bodies to resolve the situation lawfully, fairly and in a timely manner to ensure that the said persons vacate the area by Saturday morning latest.
Whilst this fluid situation exists, the committee and Stratton Parish Council would request all SRFC members undertake extra vigilance on security of the club premises, motor vehicles parked on site, sports equipment and personal possessions. In the interests of personal safety and security the committee also asks that all members please refrain from any verbal or personal contact with the Travellers.
Further information will be communicated as events unfold, but we realistically expect them to be in situ until Saturday AM taking into account the many factors involved in such a matter.We would thank the several members and friends of the club who communicated the issue so promptly early this morning."
Conservatives slam Green National Park Traveller site plans - Sussex
From Brighton and Hove Conservatives
Conservatives are calling on the South Downs National Park Authority to reject an application by the Green Administration of Brighton & Hove City Council, supported by the Labour Group, to build a new permanent Traveller site in the National Park at Horsdean, next to the existing transit site.
The planning application was submitted yesterday (23rd September) and will be determined by the National Park Authority’s Planning Committee. The public consultation period is expected to open in two weeks time.
Conservatives have raised a number of fundamental concerns with the plans:
• It would set a dangerous precedent for further development in the South Downs National Park
• The site sits right on top of the aquifer that supplies much of Brighton & Hove’s drinking water, leading to serious risk of contamination
• The cost of the infrastructure required to connect the site to the mains sewer (involving drilling piping under the A27 bypass) will be exorbitant
• Locating the permanent and transit sites together will inevitably mean costly management and traffic problems caused by having high numbers of Travellers (up to over 100 at any time) and vehicles in one place, particularly with access off the busy A27.
Cllr. Geoffrey Theobald, Conservative Group Leader and Ward Councillor for Patcham, where the site will be located, said: “The Patcham Conservative councillors are astonished that the Greens, supported by Labour, are still going ahead with this planning application given all the problems. Residents campaigned long and hard for the National Park and I don’t think they will be too happy if one of its first big decisions is to give the green light for a large and unsightly caravan park. We still have serious concerns about the potential for contamination of the water aquifer that supplies much of Brighton & Hove and the proposed solution of building a pipe under the A27 will be extremely expensive.”
Conservative Parliamentary candidate for the Brighton Pavilion constituency, Clarence Mitchell, added: “As usual, the Greens, with Labour’s support, appear to be putting ideology before the wishes of the electorate. The residents of Patcham and Hollingbury are united in their opposition to this extension of the existing transit site. Nor will the plan do anything to solve the ongoing problems caused by unauthorised Traveller encampments. This is an unnecessary, expensive and unwanted proposal from a party of the environment that at times appears intent on damaging it. I call on the SDNPA’s Planning Committee to reject the plan in its entirety.”
Conservatives are calling on the South Downs National Park Authority to reject an application by the Green Administration of Brighton & Hove City Council, supported by the Labour Group, to build a new permanent Traveller site in the National Park at Horsdean, next to the existing transit site.
The planning application was submitted yesterday (23rd September) and will be determined by the National Park Authority’s Planning Committee. The public consultation period is expected to open in two weeks time.
Conservatives have raised a number of fundamental concerns with the plans:
• It would set a dangerous precedent for further development in the South Downs National Park
• The site sits right on top of the aquifer that supplies much of Brighton & Hove’s drinking water, leading to serious risk of contamination
• The cost of the infrastructure required to connect the site to the mains sewer (involving drilling piping under the A27 bypass) will be exorbitant
• Locating the permanent and transit sites together will inevitably mean costly management and traffic problems caused by having high numbers of Travellers (up to over 100 at any time) and vehicles in one place, particularly with access off the busy A27.
Cllr. Geoffrey Theobald, Conservative Group Leader and Ward Councillor for Patcham, where the site will be located, said: “The Patcham Conservative councillors are astonished that the Greens, supported by Labour, are still going ahead with this planning application given all the problems. Residents campaigned long and hard for the National Park and I don’t think they will be too happy if one of its first big decisions is to give the green light for a large and unsightly caravan park. We still have serious concerns about the potential for contamination of the water aquifer that supplies much of Brighton & Hove and the proposed solution of building a pipe under the A27 will be extremely expensive.”
Conservative Parliamentary candidate for the Brighton Pavilion constituency, Clarence Mitchell, added: “As usual, the Greens, with Labour’s support, appear to be putting ideology before the wishes of the electorate. The residents of Patcham and Hollingbury are united in their opposition to this extension of the existing transit site. Nor will the plan do anything to solve the ongoing problems caused by unauthorised Traveller encampments. This is an unnecessary, expensive and unwanted proposal from a party of the environment that at times appears intent on damaging it. I call on the SDNPA’s Planning Committee to reject the plan in its entirety.”
Action to move on Travellers - Worcestershire
From the Redditch Standard
ACTION has been taken to move on Travellers staying on land at the back of the Abbey Stadium.
The group moved into the area on Monday evening (September 23) but court proceedings have been started by landowners Redditch Borough Council.
A spokeswoman for the council said a total of 18 transit pitches, which can be used by Travellers, have been earmarked for the borough in the Local Plan - which sets out future development in the town before 2030 - based on a report done in 2008.
"These will be updated and exact transit pitch locations determined once the local plan has been accepted."
A West Mercia Police spokesman confirmed the police had been informed and attended the site on Monday.
"We are monitoring the site and liaising with the landowners."
ACTION has been taken to move on Travellers staying on land at the back of the Abbey Stadium.
The group moved into the area on Monday evening (September 23) but court proceedings have been started by landowners Redditch Borough Council.
A spokeswoman for the council said a total of 18 transit pitches, which can be used by Travellers, have been earmarked for the borough in the Local Plan - which sets out future development in the town before 2030 - based on a report done in 2008.
"These will be updated and exact transit pitch locations determined once the local plan has been accepted."
A West Mercia Police spokesman confirmed the police had been informed and attended the site on Monday.
"We are monitoring the site and liaising with the landowners."
Residents turn out in force to oppose A16 Travellers’ site - Lincolnshire
From the Boston Standard
Concerned villagers from Stickford, East Keal and the surrounding area turned out in force to a meeting last night (Tuesday) in which they made their opposition to a Travellers site in the area clear.
More than 130 people attended a heated debate in which they questioned representatives of county and district councils on issues such as a lack of consultation, where sites might go, the fact no planning application had gone in, need for amenities (and lack of in Stickford and East Keal), cost and how to oppose decision.
It was revealed that the council had commissioned a report by Ark Housing Consultancy into gypsy and Travellers needs.
This included recommendations for 20 stopping places, three transit sites (in Mablethorpe, Skegness and ‘somewhere along the A16 from Boston to Spilsby’) and a permanent site - however, Coun Craig Leyland, the Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration for East Lindsey District Council refused to guarantee that no site would be placed in Stickford or say where any other sites would be considered.
Residents were assured that no planning application had gone in and that when the process did take place in the new year, probably April, they would have a chance to have their say.
see also: The Boston Standard - VIDEO: Woman ejected from meeting about Travellers sites on the A16
The BBC - Stickford villagers voice Traveller camp fears
Concerned villagers from Stickford, East Keal and the surrounding area turned out in force to a meeting last night (Tuesday) in which they made their opposition to a Travellers site in the area clear.
More than 130 people attended a heated debate in which they questioned representatives of county and district councils on issues such as a lack of consultation, where sites might go, the fact no planning application had gone in, need for amenities (and lack of in Stickford and East Keal), cost and how to oppose decision.
It was revealed that the council had commissioned a report by Ark Housing Consultancy into gypsy and Travellers needs.
This included recommendations for 20 stopping places, three transit sites (in Mablethorpe, Skegness and ‘somewhere along the A16 from Boston to Spilsby’) and a permanent site - however, Coun Craig Leyland, the Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration for East Lindsey District Council refused to guarantee that no site would be placed in Stickford or say where any other sites would be considered.
Residents were assured that no planning application had gone in and that when the process did take place in the new year, probably April, they would have a chance to have their say.
see also: The Boston Standard - VIDEO: Woman ejected from meeting about Travellers sites on the A16
The BBC - Stickford villagers voice Traveller camp fears
Travellers who camped near Derby have left the area - Derbyshire
From the Derby Telegraph
A GROUP of more than 70 Travellers who camped next to a by-pass on the outskirts of Derby have left the site.
More than 30 caravans had arrived on land next to the A6 between Alvaston and Thulston.
They began arriving on Monday and continued in to Tuesday but by 11pm on Tuesday night had left the area.
The camp included a number of grazing horses.
Police were in the process of issuing the group with a code of conduct which, when signed, sees them agree to behave in "an appropriate manner" while on the land.
But now they have left the area and it is not known where they have travelled to.
Inspector Nigel Lidsey is in charge of policing in South Derbyshire.
He said: “We conducted patrols in the area to check on the site and by 11pm on Tuesday the Travellers had left.
“It is now known where they have gone or if they are still in South Derbyshire.”
When the Derby Telegraph went to the site, on Tuesday afternoon, no-one from the camp wanted to speak.
But Jane Thornton, who lives locally, was walking her dog by the underpass.
She said: "This is a very popular route where people like me take their dogs walking to Elvaston Castle and they blocked it off.
"It is intimidating having to walk through a camp like this where there are so many people and animals.”
A GROUP of more than 70 Travellers who camped next to a by-pass on the outskirts of Derby have left the site.
More than 30 caravans had arrived on land next to the A6 between Alvaston and Thulston.
They began arriving on Monday and continued in to Tuesday but by 11pm on Tuesday night had left the area.
The camp included a number of grazing horses.
Police were in the process of issuing the group with a code of conduct which, when signed, sees them agree to behave in "an appropriate manner" while on the land.
But now they have left the area and it is not known where they have travelled to.
Inspector Nigel Lidsey is in charge of policing in South Derbyshire.
He said: “We conducted patrols in the area to check on the site and by 11pm on Tuesday the Travellers had left.
“It is now known where they have gone or if they are still in South Derbyshire.”
When the Derby Telegraph went to the site, on Tuesday afternoon, no-one from the camp wanted to speak.
But Jane Thornton, who lives locally, was walking her dog by the underpass.
She said: "This is a very popular route where people like me take their dogs walking to Elvaston Castle and they blocked it off.
"It is intimidating having to walk through a camp like this where there are so many people and animals.”
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