I was interested to read the letter from Mrs K. Green about the hard life of the travellers (December 11).

Firstly, the travellers are not exactly forced into their vans to roam around the towns and countryside.

Secondly, they do have use of many of rate and taxpayers facilities, i.e. health, schools, roads and road lighting, police, firemen and ambulance.

Refuse is collected after they have moved and repairs to fences, gates etc are all done at other people's expense. In fact the majority of these facilities are available to them quite free.

It may not be an easy life but it is one that they have chosen and presumably they knew what to expect when they started out.

-B. Hart, Petworth Road, Brighton