OUR JOURNEY STARTED FROM SCHOOL,

WERE WE LOOKED AT OUR CULTURE AND OUR ANCESTRY?

WE THEN SPOKE TO ALL OUR OLDER RELATIVES TO FIND THERE POINTS OF VIEW AND HOW LIFE WAS FOR THEM ON THE ROADS,

WE THEN TOOK TO THE ROAD TO FIND OUT WHAT THE LIFE WAS LIKE FOR OURSELVES FOR 3 DAYS.

WE LIVED IN BELL TENTS LIKE THE ONES USED YEARS AGO.

WE LEARNT HOW TO MAKE BENDER TENTS, WE LEARNT HOW TO MAKE PEGS AND FLOWERS

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WE LEARNT HOW TO COOK ON AN OPEN FIRE WITH TRADITIONAL FOOD ONLY.

FOR THE THREE DAYS WE NEVER HAD ANY ELECTRIC AT ALL NO TV AND SO ON,

OUR HEAT AND ENTERTAINMENT WAS AROUND THE FIRE.

THE JOURNEY WE TOOK WAS HARD FOR US, NONE OF OUR EVERY DAY THINGS WERE ALLOWED,

WE HAD TO DO EVERYTHING FOR OURSELVES ON THE SECOND DAY LIKE OUR ANCESTORS WHICH MOST OF THE GIRL FOUND REALLY HARD,

ONE OF THE GIRLS COMMENTED THAT AT HOME SHE HAS TO DO NOTHING AND SHE WOULD NOT OF LIKED BEING HER MUM WHEN SHE WAS HER AGE,

THE ROAD TRIP WAS SOMETHING WE WILL NEVER FORGET AS WE GO THROUGH LIFE, IT GAVE US ALL A REAL MEANING TO OUR LIVES AS IT WAS NOW,

SOME OF THE YOUTH FINALLY FELT EXCEPTED AS A ROMANY GYPSY AS THEY HAD HID THEIR IDENTITY FOR TOO LONG. THEY FELT PROUD TO BE TOGETHER AS ONE.

 MAYBE WE MIGHT DO IT AGAIN BUT WITH OTHER YOUTH SO THEY TO CAN SEE HOW HARD IT WAS FOR ALL OUR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU SIMON FOR SPEND THIS TIME WITH US ON THE ROAD AND ALSO THANK YOU TO OUR ADULT YOUTH WORKERS FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT.

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