EXCLUSIVEFearless 農業者 who (機の)カム under 包囲 from travellers as he tried to stop them moving の上に his land before Appleby Horse Fair is あられ/賞賛するd a 'hero' by 地元のs for 'keeping his 冷静な/正味の' as 直面するd 一斉射撃,(質問などの)連発/ダム of 乱用

A 農業者 who (機の)カム under 包囲 from a group of travellers after he put up 玉石s to stop them 運動ing の上に his land before Appleby Horse Fair is 存在 seen as a 'hero' by 地元のs, friends said today.?

示す Scott said he taken his JCB Telehandler to a country 小道/航路 and 解除するd 玉石s across the 入り口 to help the 地元の parish 会議, which is fed up with attendees moving の上に people's land.?

But this year things went frighteningly wrong when travellers arrived 早期に and were already there when he began his 仕事.

In the 対決 he 苦しむd a 一斉射撃,(質問などの)連発/ダム of 侮辱s and 隠すd 脅しs, but 辞退するd to 支援する 負かす/撃墜する.

A friend of the 農業者 told MailOnline: 'He kept his 冷静な/正味の and got the 職業 done, as far as the 地元の people are 関心d he's a hero.'

Mark Scott said he taken his JCB Telehandler to a country lane and lifted boulders across the entrance to help the parish council, which is fed up with attendees moving onto people's land

示す Scott said he taken his JCB Telehandler to a country 小道/航路 and 解除するd 玉石s across the 入り口 to help the parish 会議, which is fed up with attendees moving の上に people's land

Travellers shouted at the local farmer as he sat in the cab of his JCB Telehandler

Travellers shouted at the 地元の 農業者 as he sat in the cab of his JCB Telehandler??

The travellers reportedly prevented the farmer from blocking the entrance to his land at Belah, outside Appleby, with boulders using a JCB digger

The travellers 報道によれば 妨げるd the 農業者 from 封鎖するing the 入り口 to his land at Belah, outside Appleby, with 玉石s using a JCB digger

The travellers moved away from the 場所/位置 and are now pitched up on a 道端 瀬戸際 just outside the market town of Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, even though the event in 隣人ing Appleby is still four weeks away.

At his nearby farm today, Mr Scott said he did not want to comment, 追加するing: 'I just want to get on with my work without stirring things up.'

But a friend told MailOnline: 'He kept his 冷静な/正味の and finished the 職業 にもかかわらず coming in for some really 脅迫してさせるing behaviour and 脅しs.

'People in and around Kirkby Stephen know 正確に/まさに how difficult it can be when you come into 衝突 with the travellers and it's better 避けるd if possible.

'He went to Belah layby on the main road into Kirkby Stephen last Thursday evening to move the 玉石s into place, a 職業 that's been carried out for several years.

'There is a traffic order on the layby which says it can be 封鎖するd off during the duration of the horse fair and the parish of Brough Sowerby is 事実上の/代理 within the 法律 to 封鎖する off that section.

'It is a short stretch of road which goes over a 橋(渡しをする) and 広げるs into a big layby and the gates that lead from that 小道/航路 all give 接近 to 示す's land where he keeps his 在庫/株.

'Usually when he moves the 玉石s at this time of year there is no one anywhere 近づく, but this year for some 推論する/理由 the travellers have started to arrive 早期に.

'When he arrived with his Telehandler there were several 乗り物s already there and he was approached by around seven people.'

Others - including one woman who said she would be turning 90 this week - took turns to berate the farmer

Others - 含むing one woman who said she would be turning 90 this week - took turns to berate the 農業者

Travellers staged a sit down protest during a clash with Mr Scott as they began arriving almost a month early for the annual Appleby Horse Fair

Travellers 行う/開催する/段階d a sit 負かす/撃墜する 抗議する during a 衝突/不一致 with Mr Scott as they began arriving almost a month 早期に for the 年次の Appleby Horse Fair

The travellers stood around his 乗り物, with one positioned behind it as a ringleader called: 'Don't let him move it.'

Mr Scott was dubbed 'the 犯人 of Kirkby Stephen' by the group, one of whom also yelled: 'Kirkby Stephen is on 解雇する/砲火/射撃 lads,' taken by 地元の 居住(者)s as a 脅し against the town.

勧めるd on by a man in the group, a woman sat on one of the 玉石s to stop it 存在 moved. With her 武器 倍のd across her chest, she began to sing: 'We shall not be moved.'

The friend 追加するd: 'It was a 緊張した 状況/情勢 but he saw it out and didn't 伴う/関わる the police as he didn't want them troubled with it.

'It's unusual to see them arrive so 早期に, there seems no need to arrive a month in 前進する.'

Some of the travellers 伴う/関わるd in the 論争 were parked いっそう少なく than half a mile away today on a 道端 瀬戸際.

At the cluster of caravans, trailers and トラックで運ぶs, they 攻撃する,衝突する 支援する at Mr Scott's 活動/戦闘s.

One man said: 'It was 非,不,無 of his 商売/仕事 and he decided to make it his 商売/仕事.

'They have piled up earth on the 道端 瀬戸際s to stop us parking this year, they're making it harder and harder to find places to stay.

'They want to stop the horse fair but they can't, people will come anyway.

'When they can't find places for their caravans and horses people will just start using 農業者's fields. It's better for everyone if there's room for the people coming to the horse fair.'

At one stage a woman was told to sit on top of the boulders to stop the farmer from creating the barrier

At one 行う/開催する/段階 a woman was told to sit on 最高の,を越す of the 玉石s to stop the 農業者 from creating the 障壁

Travellers have traditionally started to congregate around Kirkby Stephen ahead of the ancient horse fair, using the high street to show and trade horses

Travellers have 伝統的に started to congregate around Kirkby Stephen ahead of the 古代の horse fair, using the high street to show and 貿易(する) horses

Appleby Fair Communities Group, which fights on に代わって of 地元のs during the horse fair, said: 'The land owner has every 権利 to 封鎖する off their home and the fact he had to go to those 対策 shows a 際立った 欠如(する) of 尊敬(する)・点, it should be enough to be told ''no''.'

The group has tried to find out the cost of the horse fair to 地元の taxpayers, however Westmorland 会議 turned 負かす/撃墜する a Freedom of (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) request from them.

The 地元の authorit y has 築くd 地位,任命するs along the 瀬戸際 and in some places built up earth berms at popular stopping points on the stretch between Brough and Kirkby Stephen.

When it begins next month the event is 推定する/予想するd to see 30,000 訪問者s 概略で, 10,000 of them from the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community.

In its 250 year history the fair has only been cancelled twice, the first in 2001 during the foot and mouth 突発/発生 and the second in 2020 予定 to the COVID pandemic.

The 集会 is 法案d as the biggest 伝統的な gypsy fair in Europe and has developed traditions that take place every year.

Gypsy horses are washed in the River Eden in Appleby and trotted up and 負かす/撃墜する the 'flashing 小道/航路' - a の近くにd off 田舎の road - before 存在 haggled over and bought.

His tractor was surrounded by members of a travelling family - with one man standing directly behind the JCB to stop it reversing

His tractor was surrounded by members of a travelling family - with one man standing 直接/まっすぐに behind the JCB to stop it 逆転するing

There is a market on Jimmy Winter's Field with 立ち往生させるs selling everything from fashion to horse-関係のある wares.

The fair is held outside the town of Appleby, at the point where the old Roman Road crosses Long Marton Road, on Gallows Hill, which was 指名するd after the public hangings that were once carried out there.

It was once thought the fair 起こる/始まるd from a 王室の 借り切る/憲章 to the borough of Appleby from King James II of England in 1685, although more 最近の 研究 has 設立する the 借り切る/憲章 was cancelled before it was ever 制定するd.

The 集会 is いつかs known as 'the New Fair' because Appleby's 中世 borough fair, held at Whitsuntide, 中止するd in 1885.

The 'New Fair' began in 1775 for sheep and cattle drovers and horse 売買業者s to sell their 在庫/株.

By the 1900s it had 発展させるd into a major Gypsy/Traveller event which brought families from across the UK and Europe.