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‘I gave up work to tour in my van'
WOMAN'S WEEKLY
|October 1, 2019
Anita Bates, 48, from Ramsgate, tours the coast in her VW Transporter, Ginnie the Gin Palace.
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On trips to the seaside from our Birmingham home, Mum would challenge us to ‘see the sea’ first. It gave me a love of the coast that I’ve rekindled with my VW Transporter van, Ginnie.
In 2014, I was working in the publishing industry, travelling around Europe. It was a different city every week, but all I saw were airports and hotels. Feeling unhappy, I saved up and quit.
This story is from the October 1, 2019 edition of WOMAN'S WEEKLY.
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