hi folks, we have finally taken the plunge and booked ferry crossings from Dover to Dunkirk and return from Amsterdam to Newcastle giving us 9 days abroad.
We are now begining to get the jitters as we havent a clue what to take and where to stay.
We have the Montana 6 tent and have always used this in the UK with our trailer, but this isn't an option for us this time due to the increase in cost of the ferry, nor do we have a roof box. We can't just fire it in the boot as the tent bag is huge and then theres the bag for the poles!!
I am looking for a 4 man tent that would be suitable and am swaying towards the Vango Artemis 400, is this a good choice or is it still bulky due to the metal poles? Advice on this would be appreciated.
The other thing I am thinking is would it be better to take 2 small tents as we dont really plan to stay in a place more than 2 nights.
This brings me on to the places to camp, we don't really like big sites with clubs, we prefer the quieter ones. We would like to stay around the Dunkirk Area for the first night, weather this is in France or on the Border of Belgium but we don't know where to start, I have emailed one site in Holland but still havent had a reply after 3 days.
Basically can anyone give us any pointers on the tent and where it would be nice for us to stop as a family 2+2, around Dunkrk, south Holland, around the large national park near Arnham and then over by Harleem.
We stayed over by Wassenaar with Keycamp these llast 2 years as a main holiday but prefer to do some touring this time.
Any help or advice greatly appreciated.
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Topic: Help give us advice
