A family had to cancel their holiday after the camper van they were travelling in burst into flames.

Police were forced to close the junction 4 slip road of the M61 for 30 minutes at 10.15am on Sunday while firefighters doused the flames.

The family of four from South Manchester were travelling in the Volkswagen camper van, northbound, for a holiday in the Lake District when an electrical fault caused the engine to burst into flames.

Firefighters spent 40 minutes dealing with the blaze, but the van and all of its contents have been destroyed.

If you are a surfing dude but also a great fan of billiards, then it seems as if all your dreams can be answered as at the recent Woodward Dream Cruise event visitors had the chance to see a Billiards

Table Volkswagen Bus, man this VW Camper come Billiards Table is so cool.

Few people know that the classic Volkswagen Camper Van is still available to buy today, brand new, built in Brazil.  The current camper van has had many upgrades along the years and no longer uses it air-cooled engine.  The VW Camper is still more popular than ever with customisers.

It is now 60 years since Volkswagen produced the first Camper Van, and the company is hosting a series of celebrations at the Hanover Exhibition Centre in Germany this October. Though the VW Camper has a massive cult following today, it was originally based on a vehicle used to transport heavy panels around the Wolfsburg factory, which inspired the split-screen T1 van in 1947.