'It Started With A Van' - by Andy & Claire Stocks

andy and claire stocks they are indeed married yes you guessed it came out on the 16th of july 2026 6049 minutes from swift press audio now this particular title this is one of yours bobs you love travel what attracted you to this audiobook given i've just answered kind of that question so yeah expand on the answer i've just given

Okay, so it's kind of the opposite in some ways to last week with Ben Miller, when we had that beautifully produced, beautifully acted, beautifully read story, love story to a time before.

So this is kind of, this is real life.

This is real grit.

This is real people.

And this is their story.

I think this has a Mackenzie Cook written script on this because it's not something kind of new.

I mean, COVID and lockdown happened.

meant lots of people went, well, we can't go anywhere.

Let's get a camper van.

Not everybody went out and bought a van and did it up themselves, but they did.

And then, of course, that really wasn't just the whole story, because like they said, it started with a van.

Actually, it didn't start with a van.

It started with a fault light on their Mercedes during lockdown.

And I love that because my ECU went on my car during lockdown.

So I was just in the same situation.

So the reason why I loved it, it's a real story.

And I like little people doing big things.

I like people going, how bad can it be? And it can be quite bad.

There you go.

So basically, this is I mean, you love your cars as well, don't you? So you love you love traveling about anyway and road trips.

And, you know, in our game, we've been up and down a few motorways in our time, haven't we really? So it's a feeling of being on the road and seeing new sights, I guess.

Well, the thing is about van life, and it's different for different people.

I would say because I was a circus girl, so you need something to live in.

So living on wheels is not new.