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If you are near a decent size town you will probably find a Lidl that will provide you with cheapest overall shop. In general supermarket prices are dearer for most things (apart from wine and some seafood of course) even with better rate IMO

Find the local market for some fresh fruit and veg and your fish and meat - generally good local quality stuff but again not necessarily cheap

France isn't cheap IMO like years of old, and if watching teh pennies you do need to be careful where and what you buy

Diesel as Tentz says is noticeably cheaper off the autoroutes

One of our first french trips was to northern France for 5 days inland from Le Touquet in a British owned gite in october. Weather was pretty cold, similar to southern England.

Nightime temps could be very cold in certain places In October, although daytimes still get wamer than UK in general south of say the Loire

Lots of the Kawan Villages are open - we're going to Brittiany over October half term to Camping Haliotis.

You should look at Camping Cheques website too as many Sites that are open who are part of the scheme will be accepting them.

You can get a return ferry crossing with DFDS for around £100 for car and trailer.  I tried 29th September outwards, and return two weeks later, with two adults, car and trailer, and there are a variety of times available at £49.00 each way.

The Caravan Club did have an offer of Sunday outwards and Friday home, so if you're members it might be worth trying them.  I think they offered crossings for £39.00 each way, but limited to those days.

Camping Cheques did have a summer offer, but I'm not sure if that still applies.

It's always worth trying the ferry operators themselves, and getting some prices, and then comparing them with what is available as a 'package' or through one of the Clubs.  'CheapFerriesForU' and similar sites are sometimes OK for solo cars, but rarely for those who are towing.

The longer, western channel, or North Sea crossings will cost considerably more but may involve a shorter drive to some destinations.