There can be Romany tinkers and travellers, but not all travellers are Romany. I knew a family of true Romanies (Benham by name), who only travelled 4 weeks of the year. They had a site set aside for them, in a lovely spot they'd been using for the last few hundred years. There were other settled Romanies nearby, who had a built house, but spent more time travelling, because they were traders.

Likewise, I knew a travelling family, who, up until 1983 were living in Surrey; in the grip of surburban life, commuting every day, 2 weeks holiday in the South of France every summer, skiing in Austria in the winter.... They decided they wanted to take a year out, sold up, bought the oldest caravan still running and haven't been back to Surrey since!

Labelling people as one or the other isn't fair, and is the start of prejudice, misunderstanding and misinformation. It's like saying all banjo players are married to their cousins.

LTS