Van & gear
What actually lives in our van: the kit that earns its space
Three summers and about 40,000 km on, here is what stayed in the van, what got thrown out, and the two pieces of paper that campsites and police actually ask for.
Van life
3 stories
Practical
What a month on the road actually costs
Thirty-one days, four countries, 4,300 km and one diesel van: our real spend, line by line, and the costs you can price before you leave.
Routes
Up the Atlantic in a van: Portugal to Brittany in three unhurried weeks
Following the coast north from Lisbon to the granite headlands of Brittany - surf towns, pine forests and where we actually slept, in a route built for a slow van.