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Really enjoyed that, thank you.

Also interesting. The tent village in Osney (maybe c.10 tents that are easily visible) certainly seems like a community of homeless who are simply scraping by. A single larger tent fronted with bare ground and a makeshift table also gives the impression of a communal area. I worry that the police take a dim view of these communities because another tent camp (just a couple of visible tents) visible from a railway bridge on my commute was moved on a couple of months ago.

Still, the shanty community seemed subtly different. There were at least 2 small dwellings built from junk (corrugated iron, pallets, tarp, a guitar etc etc) and they somehow felt more permanent. The huts were small but IIRC big enough to stand in and building those structures must have been considerable work. Also the camp seemed to be spatially organised into distinct areas - campfire, huts etc. There was also a bicycle graveyard and I wondered whether the inhabitants were somehow scratching a living from repairing/selling old (abandoned or stolen??) bikes.

http://www.lgcplus.com/lgc-news/young-and-homeless-in-the-countryside-an-emerging-crisis-for-britains-youth/1407971.article