Wanderlust

Travelling for answers

“It’s a life’s ambition to follow someone into a wood and watch them dig a poo-hole.” Sue Perkins gets to grips with both a small shovel and the #VanLife movement in (All 4), driving her tricked-out RV across California and wanderers who’ve been forced on the move thanks to broken communities and collapsed industries. The wry, game Perkins may never sound entirely convinced that life without a toilet, shower and laundrette is for her, but you may well be.

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