'OPEN' INVITATION TO THE TRAVELLERS
Sir, There has been much debate about the travellers who recently set up camp in Gowanbank.
Before we all start blaming the travellers themselves, I should point out that the government actually issues advice to landowners on how to make sure their site is not an 'easy target' for illegal encampments.
The following excerpt is taken from.direct.gov and makes perfect sense.
Question: "I own land, what can I do to stop Gypsies and Travellers camping on it?" Answer: "Gypsies or Travellers need to pull caravans onto a site where they intend to stay. You can make it difficult for them to do this by:-
"Ploughing the land so vehicles sink in. Digging ditches and/or making earth embankments. Using barriers to make the entrance to the land narrower or less high. Placing securely locked gates across the entrance. Using the land for some purpose that makes it unsuitable to live on."
The owners of the land at Gowanbank were just asking for trouble by leaving the site completely open.
Yours etc.,
Colin Thomson,
Forfar.
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