One hundred travellers’ families have moved their caravans onto a field on the Wokingham/Hurst border for a Romany born again Christian festival.
They arrived on Monday on the field off the A321.
Leader of Light and Life Mission, Jackie Boyd, said they had hired the field from the landowner and everyone would leave on Friday.
He invited locals to the prayer, Bible study and Gospel meetings being held in their blue striped circular marquee. The main meetings are held at 7.30pm for an hour.
The last event each evening is a half hour prayer meeting at 10pm.
“This is Christian gospel outreach to gypsies and travellers. We also welcome all local people,” he said.
Music and singing
The sessions included amplified music, singing, testimonies, and preaching. Music was not loud.
Nearby resident David Martin 55, a food manufacturing owner, agreed the music was not late or loud.
He had worried about safety of traffic coming out of the site near a corner, but the festival had organised traffic controllers in hi viz jackets.
Wokingham Borough councillor for Hurst Wayne Smith said he had been told the use of the land was permitted development in planning terms.
