When I was young and others around me got married and started families, I chased my dreams of seeing the world and was able to make many of them a reality. I never wanted to stop learning and travel was my way of keeping my eyes open to different perspectives, cultures, and views.

It was when I moved to Warwickshire and met my partner Paul that we stumbled upon an old 1904 Co-Op Dairies Float in a field. We approached the local farmer who let us have the float and rotten wood.

We spent our free time reproducing all the pieces to put the flat dray back together.

We used a book of patterns to create our perfect Vardo (Romani Wagon) with its own bed and stove.

My travel now is more local. I enjoy the summertime taking my vardo to Steam Fairs. It is a truly joyous and soothing setting, spending the evening watching the light waning through the windows and admiring the slowly setting sun cast beautiful colours on the surrounding fields. It is my time to reconnect with nature, pick fruit and shop for local produce. I love nothing more than to cook a meal outside on a homemade fire made with an empty gas cannister and horse shoes.

Angela Jones