The Story Behind This Book

Things rarely go to plan on holiday, and travelling round foreign parts in a second-hand campervan is fraught with mishaps!
My dream initially was to take a 'van round Spain to follow in the footsteps of Laurie Lee in his book, 'As I walked Out One Midsummer Morning', where he walks through Spain on the cusp of the Civil War.
The van wasn't as reliable as its former owner claimed, so my rather nervous disposition wasn't suited to this free-wheeling type of travel. Luckily my Other Half is practically minded, so things USUALLY could be sorted out without dire consequences.
Unable to sell our little home-from-home for several years after this first trip, we continued to take the Eurotunnel to France and beyond for several years after ...