La Rosa caravan site

Take a tour of La Rosa's gypsy caravans - each one is filled with vintage decor to fit a different theme.
  
  


La Rosa caravan site
La Rosa caravan site sits in a wooded vale on the North Yorkshire Moors. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
Amanda Boorman was living in an ex-British Rail canteen truck when she had the idea for La Rosa, "a caravan site themed around the gypsy-traveller life and made up of all different second-hand vans". Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
Inside the chrome gypsy wagon. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
Detail inside the chrome gypsy wagon. Each van is filled with the fruits of a lifetime spent browsing flea markets and car boot sales. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
The outside of one of the chrome gypsy wagons. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
Inside the Elvis-themed caravan. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
Just some of the Elvis-themed decor. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
Evenings are often spent in the circus tent that was made by a man who did actually run away with the circus. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
The circus tent doubles up as self-service café and dressing-up playroom. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
Like the caravans it is filled with kitsch gleaned from second-hand outlets. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
A stone Buddha sits meditating among the greenery. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
The toilet — actually a pre-war shepherd's hut with a fortune-teller’s sign outside — is a compost loo in keeping with the green ethos of the place Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
Shanty Shack came from a lady whose house was stuffed with 1950s memorabilia. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
More woods craft Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
The caravans are themed according to decor — this one is the safari van. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
The Santa Maria van was once the home of an Irish Catholic family. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
La Rosa caravan site
The boot of a 1960s Austin Woleseley, decorated with beads and plastic flowers. Photograph: Kevin Rushby
 

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