Travelling communities arrive from all over the UK and Ireland for the first day of the Appleby horse fair, the largest annual gathering of the Gypsies and Travellers in Europe.

Thursday 7th June 2012 at Appleby, Cumbria, England, UK. A man trots a horse along The Sands (the main street of horse sales) during the first day of the Appleby Fair, the biggest annual gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe.