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It Started with a Van
- Narrator
- Andy Stocks, Claire Stocks
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 16 July 2026
- Run Time
- 6 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Travel writing
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
If you're Andy, you convert it into a campervan. You install a diesel heater, carpet the walls, put a coffee machine on the worktop and drive to Lake Como.
If you're Claire, you make a lot of tea.
It Started with a Van is the true story of how a faulty Mercedes, a bolt that took two weeks and an angle grinder to remove and a YouTube channel that started with five views led two people from Barnsley on the adventure they never planned and couldn't stop having. It is a book about a van, a marriage, a dog called Pablo and the difference between vision and reality.
Told in two voices, with no agreement on the timeline and considerable disagreement about most of the details.
The authors live in Barnsley.
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
We watch Claire and Andy on YouTube (obviously). This book delves into the history of their YouTube journey, the trials of early camper life as well as the marriage dynamics my wife and I can relate to, especially when camping in the UK and all the entertainment that comes with it.
rikracoon 2026-09-23
Details
- Author
- Andy Stocks and Claire Stocks
- Narrator
- Andy Stocks, Claire Stocks
- Duration
- 6 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 July 2026
- ISBN
- 9781800757653
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Travel writing
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
What do you do when your car breaks down during a pandemic, nobody will fix it and you end up buying a carpenter's van with no windows, no experience and absolutely no idea what you're doing?If you're Andy, you convert it into a campervan. You install a diesel heater, carpet the walls, put a coffee machine on the worktop and drive to Lake Como.If you're Claire, you make a lot of tea.It Started with a Van is the true story of how a faulty Mercedes, a bolt that took two weeks and an angle grinder to remove and a YouTube channel that started with five views led two people from Barnsley on the adventure they never planned and couldn't stop having. It is a book about a van, a marriage, a dog called Pablo and the difference between vision and reality.Told in two voices, with no agreement on the timeline and considerable disagreement about most of the details.The authors live in Barnsley.
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