One happy camper

I NEVER quite got camping out of my system in my teens, so for at least 20 years I’ve been fantasising about hiring a camper van and disappearing into the sunset to wander, potter and cook over a camp fire.

I had a little taste of this lifestyle in the mid-’80s when I filmed the Simply Delicious television series in France and Italy.

The crew and I piled into a dormobile, as it was then called, for a two-week stint. It was a wonderful adventure, visiting markets, food producers and restaurants.