A man has travelled 4,000 miles around Europe in a converted van he bought from Facebook Marketplace for just £1,500. Ryan Holland, 31, took a gamble and bought a 2007 Fiat Doblo after falling in love with hiking during lockdown.
He wanted to push himself out of his “comfort zone” by travelling solo and found the perfect vehicle in May last year. After searching the internet, he came across the van on Facebook Marketplace and within 10 minutes was “dressed and driving up to go and get it.”
He then spent 28 days over three months converting the van on his driveway, spending just £1,500 more on materials. The adventurer road-tested his new van around Scotland, Wales and the Lake District before taking the plunge to travel solo around Europe in April this year.
