OK, so when you hire an Escape.co.nz camper van, you have no choice in the design, but to be honest, they’re all pretty cool anyway. “Would you prefer manual or automatic” said the girl who allocated our home on wheels for the next 2 weeks. “I’d like a manual please” I replied. “Oh dear, we only have automatic left I’m afraid. Have you driven automatic before?” “Yes of course, that’s fine” I replied, looking at her over my specs. Only driven an automatic twice before, once about 15 years ago to pick up a company client from the railway station and the other to turn an old ladies car around in a car park, cause she didn’t know how to reverse her automatic car!!!! How difficult could this be? We piled our stuff into the back
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