It Started with a Van

By Andy & Claire Stocks

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 are 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 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800757824
• ISBN13: 9781800757820
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Swift Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"