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Holiday in Irish Horse-Drawn caravan Today's `Travelling People' or 'Travellers', as they are now called, inhabit modern trailer caravans pulled by vans or lorries and very seldom live in horse-drawn caravans. The caravan is designed to be as comfortable and as compact as possible - yet light enough for one horse to pull. A horse-drawn caravan is about 5 metres long (about 7 metres with horse yoked), over 2 metres wide and weighs maximum 750 Kg. www.irishhorsedrawncaravans.com /Caravan.htm   (246 words)

The Desert Caravan The word Caravan, an Arab word, was first used to mean a group of pilgrims, travellers, or traders that were crossing the Sahara Desert. In Desert Caravans, one aid was used for every six camels; he led his animals who were all tied up in a line. Around 20% of all vacations spent in the United Kingdom, use the caravan or are caravan related. www.thesahara.net /caravan.htm   (276 words)

The Sahara Caravan - Sahara Supposition - Caravan Club - The Desert Caravan - The Desert Train - Meaning of Caravan - The word Caravan, an Arab word, was first used to mean a group of pilgrims, travellers, or traders that were crossing the Sahara Desert In Desert Caravans, one aid was used for every six camels; he led his animals who were all tied up in a line. Caravan and Motorhome shows and exhibitions attract around 25,000 visitors who all on average spend around £13,000. www.thesahara.net /caravan.htm   (276 words)

Travelers_Ravers_Hippies.html According to Don Aitken, of the Travellers' Aid Trust, new recruits are either middle-class, educated types who have come to view that this is the best way of life, or working-class kids whose lives in the city offer less freedom than does vagrant poverty on the road. A traveller cannot simply rent a weed-covered, set-aside field from a farmer for a couple of weeks: the farmer will be charged with running an unlicensed caravan site. THeir active nastiness has been a bit of a problem for other travellers: the hippies' determined tolerance has forced them to put up with vanloads of drunk anarchists who join their camps and fail to bury their excrement. www.hyperreal.org /raves/spirit/culture/Travelers_Ravers_Hippies.html   (887 words)

Spirituality & Health: Movie Review: Travellers & Magicians Travellers & Magicians is an engrossing and colorful road movie like no other that has ever been made. Meawhile back on the road, Dondup's desires are aroused when a rice paper seller and Sonam (Sonam Lhambo), his pretty nineteen-year-old daughter, join their caravan. When the letter finally arrives, he asks the chieftain of the village, whom he calls a "bearded mosquito" behind his back, for permission to travel to the city for a religious festival. www.spiritualityhealth.com /newsh/items/moviereview/item_9520.html   (829 words)

[1995] 3 Web JCLI Following on from this decision it appears that many Councils will not be calculating 'new age travellers' in their twice yearly count of Gypsy caravans to the Department of the Environment. The Government may well hope that in attempting to make the travelling lifestyle impossible and encouraging Gypsies to adopt settled accommodation, they will be able to prevent the growth of the modern traveller movement and substantially reduce the number of existing travellers. The importance of this travelling tradition, which clearly distinguishes Gypsies from modern travelling groups, was unfortunately overlooked in the Caravan Sites Act 1968. webjcli.ncl.ac.uk /articles3/onions3.html   (6378 words)

Ceduna Camping South Australia - Your ultimate ceduna camping south australia resource. of travellers     Ceduna Airport Caravan Park for On Site Camping and Accommodation. Caravan Parks Association of South Australia (SA) - Ceduna - Ceduna Fo Caravanning and camping holidays in South Australia ( SA) offers you the very best holiday option at an affordable price. Caravan Parks Association of South Australia (SA) - Ceduna - Ceduna Sh Caravanning and camping holidays in South Australia ( SA) offers you the very best holiday option at an affordable price. camping.webresultsdir.com /index.php?k=ceduna-camping-south-australia   (6378 words)

Travellers' Sites The original Cottingley Springs Caravan Site was the first 'Official' site for Travellers built by Leeds City Council in 1969. At that time, the rent for a plot on the site at Cottingley was £60 per week for one caravan and £12 extra for a second caravan. The Travellers were pleased to have good amenity blocks like they had on the Cottingley 'A' site, but wished that it had been built somewhere else. www.travellersinleeds.co.uk /_travellers/Sites.html   (6378 words)

Telegraph News Viscount Gage, whose land was invaded by travellers and then used by a local bonfire society to burn a model of a gypsy caravan, has called on the authorities to deal leniently with locals arrested for inciting racial hatred. The land has been in Lord Gage's family for 500 years, and this is the first time that travellers have invaded his East Sussex estate. Next year, Lord Gage will be ploughing more fields on his estate in a ploy to to keep travellers off his land. www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/16/nfirle16.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/11/16/ixhome.html   (734 words)

Queries My family were Irish Travellers, and I was taken away from my mother as a young child. I have uncovered evidence of Irish Travellers in the US as early as the 1760s. I am looking to correspond with others who have interest in the Travellers and their language and history. sciway3.net /clark/freemoors/travellerqueries.html   (1062 words)

History 29 a2 The porters were deserting by the dozen, and it began to look as if the caravan would melt away, leaving the weary travellers to their fate. A mandate from Pope Leo XIII called upon Cardinal—then Archbishop—Lavigerie to found a Catholic mission in the district, and in the same year, 1878, a band of ten White Fathers set out for Zanzibar, the starting point of all travellers to the interior. On May both they reached Zanzibar "oriental in its appearance, Mohammedan in its religion, Arabian in its morals," where they were to make up their caravan. www.thepelicans.co.uk /history29a2.htm   (1062 words)

News - Seaford Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More BONFIRE societies in Sussex breathed a sigh of relief this week following the news that 12 members of Firle Bonfire Society are not to be prosecuted over their controversial effigy of a travellers' caravan. As well as focussing national attention on the traditions of Bonfire in Sussex, the case brought under closer scrutiny the problems arising from travellers setting up camp in inappropriate areas, and the laborious procedures required to move them on. There was a general view among most bonfire societies in the county that Firle's effigy - prompted by an unwanted visitation by travellers last year - had gone too far, but that prosecution was unwarranted. www.seafordtoday.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=509&ArticleID=820365   (444 words)

The Irishworld Online At Firle in east Sussex, an effigy of a caravan with pictures of Travellers on the outside was pushed into a fire as part of local celebrations. Important recent developments such as the coalition coming together to lobby on the Housing Bill and the Parliamentary lobby groups show not only a growing awareness of the plight of Travellers but also of the community itself beginning to find its authentic voice. Yvonne McNamara of the Brent Irish Advisory Service Travellers Project, believes recent events show how bad things have got for the Traveller community. www.theirishworld.com /homepage.asp?fname=2003-11-21\news\3.htm   (444 words)

Choosing your Campervan or Motorhome @ ExplorOz A handy guide book to finding rest areas, free camps, low cost caravan parks, national park camp sites, state forest campsites, reserves, roadhouses and service clubs throughout Australia. Detailed information about hundreds of campsites, caravan parks and rest areas - what they have to offer, water, power, shade, costs and whether dogs are allowed... This book covers all the major roads and tracks frequented by travellers in Australia. www.exploroz.com /Vehicle/Caravans/ChoosingaMotorhome.asp   (444 words)

Irish Post: Traveller couple die in fire Irish Travellers at the site were recently served with an eviction notice — but there have been ongoing negotiations between site representatives and the local council as to what the next step will be. The whole Traveller community has been left community shocked by the deaths of John and Kathleen McCarthy — who were trapped by flames which tore through their caravan. It will scar the Travellers at this site for the rest of their lives. www.irishpost.co.uk /news/story.asp?j=2286   (195 words)

House of Commons Hansard Debates for 5 Feb 1993 In 1965, before the then Eric Lubbock introduced his Bill to the House, it was estimated that there were 3,400 gipsy families--about 4, 750 caravans in England and Wales. In that way, it was intended that there would be sufficient pitches for travellers across the country and that each local authority area would accept its fair share of travellers. The Caravan Sites Act 1968 was introduced 25 years ago with all-party support. www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1993-02-05/Debate-1.html   (195 words)

The Wild Hunt I am overcome by naked fear, pure horror, and the other travellers of our caravan appear to be equally terrified, as far as I can see amid the whirling torrents of sand and dust. After the rearguard has passed, I dare to look up at the caravan trail. His legendary army is rarely seen but is said to ride on the hunt in the desert with a herd of the most valuable dromedaries. www.oobe.ch /_791117e.htm   (2241 words)

Movie Gypsy - Last News ARTWORK, music and films produced by young gypsy travellers in Scotland were unveiled yesterday in a move to highlight the prejudices their community faces. A NATIONAL shortage of sites for travellers will be discussed when Gypsy activists meet for their annual conference. PEOPLE in a Highlands village have rallied behind a young couple who want to continue living in a gypsy-style caravan on the outskirts of their community. www.world-of-movies.com /gypsy_-_1962/news.htm   (2241 words)

Galway Arts Centre - West47 - New Writing On the way they stopped at the graves of three traveller children killed in Walsall when squad cars forcibly evicted travellers from a site, towing caravans away, and who had been buried in Bilston. In Connla's caravan was one of his statues - Saint Rita of Cascia with a red spot on her forehead. In the Famine days a group of travellers from West Limerick were brought in a ship by a doctor to Quebec from where those who survived dispersed to the United States. www.galwayartscentre.ie /west47/west47-17/newwriting-1.html   (958 words)

Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, by Richard Burton (chapter12) Yambu’ also boasts of a Hammam or hot bath, a mere date-leaf shed, tenanted by an old Turk, who, with his surly Albanian assistant, lives by “cleaning” pilgrims and travellers. The first quarter of the Cairo caravan is Al-Akabah; the second is the Manhal Salmah (Salmah’s place for watering camels); the third is Yambu’; and the fourth Meccah. It had been tenanted by a party of travellers, who were introduced to me as Omar Effendi’s brothers; he had by accident met them in the streets the day before their start for Constantinople, where they were travelling to receive the Ikram. etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /b/burton/richard/b97p/chapter12.html   (958 words)

Waipukurau Campgrounds & Holiday Parks - New Zealand Waipukurau has a number of campgrounds and holiday parks catering to the needs of travellers enjoying a New Zealand camping holiday. Your guide to Waipukurau campsites and caravan parks... Whether you're looking for a campsite to pitch your tent; a cabin; or a caravan park for your campervan / RV you'll find the widest choice here. www.jasons.co.nz /landingpages/Waipukurau-Campgrounds.htm   (219 words)

Sixty One Degrees: Kyrgyzstan Archives The well-known John's Information Cafe inside the Seman Hotel, and the Caravan Cafe just outside the Chini Bagh. There are a couple of places in Kashgar where you can line up vehicles or hook up with other travellers. Caravan Cafe can also line up transport if you're heading from Kyrgyzstan. www.davidjennings.net /weblog/archives/cat_kyrgyzstan.html   (3753 words)

Amazon.co.uk: Books: A Ride to Khiva His goal was the mysterious caravan city of Khiva, closed to all European travellers by the Russians following their seizure of it two years earlier. His goal was the mysterious caravan city of Khiva, his aim to discover whether this remote and dangerous oasis was about to be used as a springboard for an invasion of India. In particular, it was believed that Russian forces were massing in the recently occupied city of Khiva, nowadays in Uzbekistan, in preparation for an invasion of India. www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0192803670   (3753 words)

CEDUNA There are several places to stay and eat out in Ceduna, including a caravan park, backpackers and hotel, as well as several things to do. Australian Travel Information - "Designed By Travellers - For Travellers" Ceduna is at the eastern end of the Nullarbor Plain, and so it marks the beginning of a long and quiet journey west or the beginning of a much livelier time heading east. www.australianexplorer.com /ceduna.htm   (3753 words)

Haast Campgrounds & Holiday Parks - New Zealand Haast has a number of campgrounds and holiday parks catering to the needs of travellers enjoying a New Zealand camping holiday. Whether you're looking for a campsite to pitch your tent; a cabin; or a caravan park for your campervan / RV you'll find the widest choice here. Your guide to Haast campsites and caravan parks... www.jasons.co.nz /landingpages/haast-campgrounds.htm   (267 words)

Avalook Australia News, tips and hints for travellers and tourists The caravan park was just as we remembered it from last year, with wide gravel and bitumen roads, and room to get even our motorhome in with a minimum of fuss. We visited the gold fossicking store at the caravan park, and were properly amazed at the detecting gadgets that abounded. So far our trek has taken us to Mackay, Nebo, Clermont, Capella, Emerald, Anakie, Alpha, Jericho, Barcaldine, Blackall, Augathella, Charleville, Cunnamulla, Eulo, Thargomindah, and the Noccundra Pub in Queensland, then to Innaminka in South Australia. www.avalook.com.au /newsletr/oznews24.htm   (267 words)

New Zealand accommodation information. Hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, holiday homes and apartments New Zealand travel guide, free itinerary planning & booking service for independent travellers & travel agents with discounts on accommodation, rental cars, tours, attractions & activities. New Zealand's premier camping grounds with over 50 holiday parks in scenic locations offering affordable self catering accommodation, motels, cabins, caravan & campervan power sites and tent sites. A directory of New Zealand independently owned & operated hotels and apartments in all key cities and tourist resorts offering quality hotel accommodation ideal for visitors and business travellers. www.greatnewzealand.co.nz /Category/accom/1   (1752 words)

stg-find.htm: The Stonehenge Campaign's Index, Hyperlinks, and Contacts B-List Dongas Tribe caravan moving round ancient hillforts; raising CJA awareness, reclaiming the land & the right to a nomadic lifestyle. Traveller group seeking contact with other groups and individuals, to act against the repeal of the 1968 Caravan Sites Act. Support group to help defend Travellers' way of life and rights. www.algroup.co.uk /wpb/stg/stg-find.htm   (1752 words)

ninemsn Encarta - Caravansary Caravansary, also called a caravan inn, a large building, generally surrounding a court, where a caravan of travellers may rest at night, found... Become a subscriber today and gain access to: au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_762508009/Caravansary.html   (1752 words)

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