World Wide Walkies

Come & Meet The Beast! On Show in the Campervan Campout Self-Build Section

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.

What Goes Into A Book Launch Campaign?

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

Grab Yours Now!

After the launch, the price goes back to £2.99/€3.99/$3.99

A picture of the ebook building the beast, which features a cartoon representation of The Beast, a volvo N10 truck, along with Jackie and Mark who built her, and their four cuddly dogs, on a background containing customer testimonials

However, If you thought writing a book was hard, try launching one…

World Travellers Interview: Jackie Lambert

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!

World Travellers: Author Jackie Lambert Of World Wide Walkies

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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UK Van Life Featured On Ben Fogle’s ‘New Lives In The Wild’

The wind whipped my hair across my face as I alighted from the truck and shook hands with the celebrity.

CUT!

“Can you do that again, and keep it spontaneous?” said the director.

Andy Warhol predicted that one day, everyone would have their 15 minutes of fame.

Ours was a bit less than that. Our sand ladders possibly got more air time than us, but that made it somewhat less nerve wracking to watch!