Good reads about travelling in a van?

[Aidy P]

I read a book last night called, 'Alpine and Other Adventures' about a family who travelled in first a caravan and then a motor home in the Alps. It was a free read on Kindle Unlimited. I had a search but couldn't find many books about campervan experiences. Can anyone recommend any good reads about travelling around Europe in a campervan please? Thanks.

 

[sandalfarm]

Narrow dog to Carcassonne is about a narrow boat in Europe nearly a caravan I thought it was OK my wife didn't like the book

 

[owen_h]

'Drive Nacho Drive' is about a couple who sell up, buy a T25 and drive it through the Americas. I enjoyed it. Not a Cali so not suitable for snobs
(seems to also be on Kindle Unlimited)

 

[LindaF]

I've just bought 'The Long and Whining Road' by Simeon Courtie on Amazon Kindle for £1.99. Gets a good review and is about a family in a VW Camper Van taking a gap year and going round the world as the worlds worst Beatles tribute band!! Looking forward to reading it.

Here's a link, hope it works:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008AY8J42/?tag=eliteelect-21

 

[TwentyOneThirtyFive]

As above, the Nacho books are good (It started as a Westy, so you don't have to panic about the Cali heritage). There is a second one called 927 Days of Summer.

I enjoyed the Long and Whining Road too.

A Mitsibishi rather than a VW, but this is excellent: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1482769956/?tag=eliteelect-21
Made me want to pack the van and go.

 

[Aidy P]

Thanks everyone. Please keep them coming!

 

[Dottie]

I've just started 'Travels with Charley' written by John Steinbeck. Enjoying it so far...I love how he describes having doubts before he sets off...I get that! But once on the road, the adventure begins...

 

[scraynes]

Enjoying this thread. Nice to read about other's adventures during these winter evenings..

 

[sandalfarm]

Nothing to do with cars or vans but just finished the best book I have read in ages, the goldfinch by Donna tartt

 

[MattBW]

I really enjoyed "a long and whining road" too, maybe slightly more because it was a T25 my other campervan love.

I think its also very cheap on kindle if you are happy to read electronically.

Drive Nacho Drive has a good blog too and I absolutely adore the interior design of that van, well worth looking at http://www.drivenachodrive.com/about-nacho/installing-custom-cabinets-in-nacho-vanagon/

 

[Aidy P]

I really enjoyed "a long and whining road" too, maybe slightly more because it was a T25 my other campervan love.

I think its also very cheap on kindle if you are happy to read electronically.

Drive Nacho Drive has a good blog too and I absolutely adore the interior design of that van, well worth looking at http://www.drivenachodrive.com/about-nacho/installing-custom-cabinets-in-nacho-vanagon/

Lovely interior!

 

[David Eccles]

The Kombi Trail by Cox Sherwin & Thompson pub Taurus epic journey in early 60s - amazing story
Wide Eyed Wanderers R Ligato pub Pop Top Publishing - round the world in a Bay
Inshallah by Kevin Jones Telemation Publishing - Middle East travel adventure in a Bay
In The Circle of the Sun Ann Woodin Collier-Mcmillan another epic round the world in a bay journey
and
Campervan Crazy by David and Cee Eccles pub Kyle Cathie - whilst about life with a Camper and the bus scene, it has several epic travel stories as chapters - us going to Afghanistan and India in a Split in '76, a family traveling S America in a split in late 50's, Crossing Africa south > north, wilderness snow trail to Mount Shasta in US, plus some more!

 

[Aidy P]

The Kombi Trail by Cox Sherwin & Thompson pub Taurus epic journey in early 60s - amazing story
Wide Eyed Wanderers R Ligato pub Pop Top Publishing - round the world in a Bay
Inshallah by Kevin Jones Telemation Publishing - Middle East travel adventure in a Bay
In The Circle of the Sun Ann Woodin Collier-Mcmillan another epic round the world in a bay journey
and
Campervan Crazy by David and Cee Eccles pub Kyle Cathie - whilst about life with a Camper and the bus scene, it has several epic travel stories as chapters - us going to Afghanistan and India in a Split in '76, a family traveling S America in a split in late 50's, Crossing Africa south > north, wilderness snow trail to Mount Shasta in US, plus some more!

Thanks David. I bet you couldn't image going back to Afghanistan now in your splitty. Is the last one on Kindle or just hard copy?

 

[David Eccles]

I don't know about e-books ... it's just been reprinted in paperback ....
one of the things that strikes me about the overland stories is how much has been lost forever in past 40 years .. and when you read the Whining Road's parts about Syria you realise how even more rapidly the pace of mindless destruction is moving ...
I am glad we did it when we were young and had no fear (oh the naivety of being young) and saw what we did ...I still get emotional about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan ...
nowadays its comfy safe stuff in a cosy Cali ... and reading about the adventures of others!

 

[Dottie]

The Kombi Trail by Cox Sherwin & Thompson pub Taurus epic journey in early 60s...... - round the world in a Bay....... - Middle East travel adventure in a Bay
In The Circle of the Sun Ann Woodin Collier-Mcmillan another epic round the world in a bay journey...... us going to Afghanistan and India in a Split in '76, a family traveling S America in a split in late 50's, Crossing Africa south > north, wilderness snow trail to Mount Shasta in US, plus some more!

Wow! I'm having to pluck up courage to leave the island of Britain...!