'Travellers' flatten 50 yards of Offa's Dyke with a bulldozer:

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 01:12 EST, 16 August 2013 | By Liz Hull

[SamuraiScot]

Sounds like they need a wall to keep out the "travelers."

Now that I think of it, they should put another one along the Rio Grande.

[AnAmericanAbroad]

LOL! I remember seeing that scam profiled on “60 Minutes” probably over 25 years ago or so. They’re still at it, I take it.

We have real Gypsies here in the Czech Republic. It varies; some are cool, and good neighbors, and some......well, not so much.

My next door neighbor is a Gypsy, an older gentleman; honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him without a tie, LOL. Dapper sort of older gentleman.

[tacticalogic]

You know, Jimmy Offa, the dead mob boss guy.

He was the head of the Teamster's Union, so it was probably a diesel dyke.

[WayneS]

Unesco ‘law’ or British law?

[WayneS]

Please recall that I made the following caveat in my comment: "...IF no easements/rights of way to protect the ‘dyke’ were in place..."

In the United States, areas subject to such a law would be clearly indicated on a Plat and described in a Deed. I am not sure whether or not this is also the case in the UK. If it is not, then I would be interested in knowing how a property owner is supposed to know whether is property meets some 'historic' criteria.

Finally, I am always suspicious of the fairness and/or validity of any law which is in any way based on a status 'awarded' by UNESCO.

[WayneS]

How do you know it?

[nothingnew]

Of interest?

FMCDH(BITS)

[PLMerite]

Yeah, at first glance I thought somebody’d run over a lesbian.

[Vinnie]

We have plenty in the South.

The Crying Ajamis used to descend on Miami during the winter like a plague of locusts.
The 'tar the driveway' scam was one of their favorites.

[mkboyce]

See the movie Snatch. Brad Pitt’s character was a pikey.

[Vinnie]

Wasn’t it reported that sir Slick Willie Clinton was a descendant of travelers.

[Kozak]

Daughter did study abroad in Italy a couple of years ago.
Warned about the Gypsies, they would toss what looked like a child at you and steal your stuff while startled. The little kids would swarm you and pick your pocket. The bus from the central train station in Rome to the Vatican is known as the “Pick Pocket Express “.

[M Kehoe]

I don't know why I thought the story was about Rachel Corrie. Possible brain fart?

5.56mm

[AppyPappy]

It’s on the documents when you buy the house. I once owned a property that contained wetlands. I had to sign a document about it.

[MamaTexan]

Which is exactly it. The article says landOWNER, so if they own it, they have every right to raze it to the ground.

If everyone was so concerned about preservation, they should have bought it themselves and preserved it.

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THAT said....... if he doesn't own the land?

Hang him.

[Mad Dawgg]

Not Travellers or Gypsies....Pikeys! (some bad language but funny!)

[Right Wing Assault]

They are a real blight and stealing in the shops is common when they are around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4UHL9AzPAyI

Yeah, we've got those, too.

[driftless2]

Another name for them is Diddycoys. My wife, who grew up in England, told me a lot about them. Most of it negative. They commit crime and leave mountains of trash wherever they go, and authorities don’t do much to inhibit them. They seem to be a protected minority.

[I am Richard Brandon]

Good to hear from a GENIUS EXPERT on British law!

[WayneS]

Correct.

Which is why my comment included the caveat “...if no easements/rights of way to protect the ‘dyke’ were in place when he purchased the property.”