Van Action

We checked out a few vans over a couple of days whilst in London and while we had the use of our hirecar. The first being a huge old Rover or Leyland goods van, the second being an ex-ambulance Renault. Both had some positives but were ultimately too large to drive comfortably, they also had a few faults. We are happy to report that we bought the third van we went to see from a chap over near Brixton named Luca. He and his wife had done a bit of travelling in the van a couple of years ago but had not used it for touring since then. It’s a Talbot Express Camelot, 2.5L diesel. Supposedly based on the Fiat Ducato truck body, we have named it The Fat White Duke (for reasons that will become apparent once you see the pictures to be posted soon. Driving it back from Luca’s across town to Hounslow was a bit hairy because when we drove over I was driving and Kirsten was navigating. On the way back we were in separate vehicles, one following the other and I managed to lead us splendidly off course (no map in the van), however, after a couple of false starts we got the van back to Hounslow where we were able to load up our stuff the next day and return the hire car.