Van Life

After years of travelling around Europe in their camper, Calum Creasey and Lauren Smith decided to combine their love for design with their passion for adventure. The result: The Rolling Home, a website, Instagram account, and quarterly journal. Their first book, The Rolling Home: 80000 Miles and Counting in a Selfbuild Home (2015), sold tens of thousands of copies in two editions. They currently live in Cornwall where they run the van conversion shop 'Onwards Vehicles'.

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• 16 Introduction – the rolling homeChapter one – The Culture40 What Is a Nomad?46 When There Is Nowhere to Hide56 The Economy of Small-ScaleChapter TWo – The Vehicles62 If a Vehicle Could Choose...68 Compact Interior Design78 Mercedes Vario 4X486 Volkswagen LT94 Delica Dreaming108 How to Build a Rolling HomeChapter Three – The People132 Meet the Van Dwellers144 Slow 'n Steady Livin’154 Digital Life158 Music in the Streets of Europe160 The Wandering Bears168 Good Vibes Only172 Ode to the Solo TravellerChapter Four – The Places176 Where Do We Go?178 Vanhalla180 The Checklist184 Taffie and the Land of the Long White Cloud190 Van-ee-moon198 All the Mechanics in South America212 Holiday from Where?224 Documenting Vanlife in British ColumbiaChapter Five – The Future238 The Future of Travel242 After Vanlife