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Van Life & Everyday Touring

A classic vintage Volkswagen camper van parked on a grassy clifftop above the sea in warm evening light, side door open to a cosy interior.

Van Life & Everyday Touring

The VW campervan story: how a delivery van became a dream

OliverOliver11 June 202615 min read

No vehicle on earth says freedom quite like a Volkswagen camper. But it started life as a humble factory delivery van sketched on a notepad. This is the story of how the VW bus became the universal symbol of the open road, and an honest word on what that dream costs today.

Rows of campervans and classic VWs parked across a grassy showground field as visitors walk between them under a wide summer sky.

Van Life & Everyday Touring

The best UK campervan shows, and which one to actually go to

RowanRowan10 June 202616 min read

There are dozens of campervan and motorhome shows in the UK, and you don't need to do them all. Here are the ones genuinely worth your time, sorted by what you actually want from a day out: to buy, to gather ideas, to find your people, or to lose a weekend to a field full of VWs.

Vintage surfboards leaning against wooden shed with classic campervan parked beside at sunset.

Van Life & Everyday Touring

Do you remember these vintage surf brands and their logos?

RowanRowan5 June 202625 min read

Two bare feet, a mountain and a wave, a single lightning bolt. A nostalgic tour through the original surf brands and the iconic logos that built modern surf and van-life culture.

Antique wooden surfboard with carved details leaning against dark background.

Van Life & Everyday Touring

The first surfboards, and who really invented surfing

OliverOliver5 June 202625 min read

Who invented surfing, and what did the first surfboards look like? The honest answer runs from ancient Peru and West Africa to the chiefs of Hawaii, and it's a far better story than the myth.