We're off to France this Summer! I have memories of amazing campsites as a child and we're seasoned UK campers, but this is our first trip abroad as a family (I have a 5 month old baby and a 7 year old).
We have our lovely bell tent, a second-hand VW Passat estate we bought a few weeks ago... what else (apart from the usual bedding) do we need?
I have my eye on this poly/cotton awning from Obelink (found through a previous mumsnet thread!) and this 'camping cupboard' from Decathlon to put the stove on and keep the food in.
I think we should splash out on some camping chairs too, and a table probably. We always eat on the floor, but I think doing le picnic for 3 weeks might get tiresome. We might need a sun tent too for the beach for the little 'un. Blimey, all investments I guess!
And a fridge? Do we need a fridge? We will have beaucoup de vin to chill, of course, and stinky cheese. Currently, we have a coolbox and ice packs, but we're going to the Dordogne and various other Camping Municipale sites, so it's going to be HOT HOT HOT (here's hoping) and our current set up barely keeps food and drinks cool for a day in the UK. I've been looking at portable fridges. One of the campsites we're going to hires fridges - do you think this would be an actual fridge, or one in a central area? (no luck finding this out on the website and they don't seem to reply to emails, even in amazing rusty French).
Anyway, hit me with your camping-in-France- must haves!
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bealos · 10/07/2013 16:05
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