when i lived in Ireland they nicked all the expensive garden furniture from my parents garden – twice.
unbelievably, i moved to stockholm 2 years ago and "travellers" came and set up 1 km down the road from me! the shock and horror they caused to the local Swedes was legendary:
Shitty mattress's hanging in trees
burglaries rose by 500%
lewd behavior
various (threatening) offers to Swedes re. Tarmacing drives!
how the travellers got to stockhom, i'll never comprehend. it was all a bit surreal.