Gatherings in the open air with music are as old as anything human beings have ever done. Some of the tensions that result on the use of land probably began between the farmers and the hunter-gatherers of the Stone Age!
Throughout history, travelling lifestyle has always continued. With the free festival circuit developing through the 1980's people escaping from Maggie’s decimation of jobs and the inner cities, numbers grew looking for alternatives.
People looked at the lives of nomadic people across the world. To try life outside the house in many different ways and to pick and select those means that make life comfortable, easy and meaningful. The 'bender', the Indian 'tipi', the Moroccan 'yurt', the Romany 'bow top', the western two-man tent, the truck and the double decker bus.
Suddenly, life on the road in an old £300 1960's bus, truck or trailer seemed like a bloody good option weighed against the prospect of life on the dole - what was a poor boy to do.
