From Rat Race to Road Trip: Overlanding With Four Dogs!
We have seen people drive away from campsites with their roof lights open, TV aerials up, and even their corner steadies down!
Checklists are the best way to ensure you don’t forget key aspects of setting up or packing up your caravan!
Here, I’ve prepared a printable version of the checklist I always use. Click the Download button to get your own copy in pdf format. I hope you find it helpful!
I am delighted to announce that, along with a number of other fabulous Built Not Bought campers, The Beast, our unique, Volvo N10 overland truck, will be on show in the Self-Build Show Section of the Campervan Campout.
The festival takes place at the South of England Showground, Selsfield Road, Haywards Heath RH17 6TH, on 3-5th May, 2024.
If you have any questions about our build, our travels, or how we manage with four dogs in tow, please feel free to ask.
Or just come along and say ‘Hi’!
We will have some stickers and other goodies to give out. I will also be launching my new book, Building The Beast, which documents the trials and tribulations of our DIY build. The ebook is available on Amazon at the special Pre-Launch price of 99p/99c.
I have been quiet on the blog for the last few months because I have been writing my new book, the comic memoir, Building The Beast: How (Not) To Build An Overland Camper.
Readers and Authors – I thought you might be interested to know what goes into a book launch campaign for an independently published author, after spending months creating the final product…
And if you have any ideas, please let me know in the comments!
I started in November and am pleased to say, after five months of writing, editing, and revising, it is now available worldwide for pre order on Amazon at the special launch price of 99p/99c ahead of the release date on 26th April 2024.
It follows the story of how Mark and I made an impulse purchase, sight unseen from the internet – a 24.5-tonne army truck.
Building The Beast is the story of how we specified, imported, and converted an unregistered, 6×4-wheel drive Volvo N10 into a unique off-grid tiny home-on-wheels fit to undertake an overland expedition to Mongolia with our four pups in tow.
Needless to say, it didn’t go to plan. Even before Brexit and coronavirus put their own unique spanners in the works…
“Hugely inspirational… What a story – and a fabulously entertaining book/read.”
Julie Haigh, Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer & Goodreads Librarian
However, If you thought writing a book was hard, try launching one…
Continue reading “What Goes Into A Book Launch Campaign?”
Thank you so much to author and fellow traveller, Jonny Blair, for his feature about me and my books in his World Traveller series.
If you want to find out where I’ve been, where I’m going, my best and worst travel experiences, and my TOP TIPS – click the link and read on!
PLUS, if you travel the world and have a travel blog, or are a travel author, please contact Jonny via his blog if you would like to be featured.
Cover photo – yours truly at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe on the first day of the trip that changed my life. Below, The Fab Four hiking in Monte Rosa, in the Italian Alps.
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