Quote: Originally posted by Hadge on 23/3/2014

we are going to france in august and would appreciate if anyone has info on (is it possible to park in the port of La Rochelle) in our M Home ?

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La Rochelle : Aire de service pour camping car

I must admit we take some food - because we have a long journey and it can be tedious having to arrive on site and immediately find something to eat.  We tend to pack two home made frozen meals, to be eaten in the evening on our 'travelling' days, and we take some staples which are much the same price as at home.

What with those, and picnic stuff for en-route lunches, and breakfast things, we have quite a full fridge.  We take juice and milk, for the same reasons - because we can drink it en-route.  We take one loaf of my home made bread - but once we've found a boulangerie that gets used for something else - croutons, bruschetta, or feeding the birds!

We always buy everything else as locally as we can - ideally from the little old man with the allotment in Riviere sur Tarn who sells whatever is ripe and fresh that day!  (only if we're in the area though!)

Quote: Originally posted by TickleMePink on 24/3/2014

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You'll be fine. When we go overseas we use the Hull-Zeebrugge/Rotterdam ferry (up to 14 hour crossing plus additional time for embarkation).

About 3 days before we travel I pack the freezer box with sausages, bacon, pre-cooked chilli, curry, pasta sauce etc. I pack them in freezer bags and stuff them in so there is no space between. By the time we set off it has all frozen into a solid block that isn't going to start defrosting for at least 24 hours as long as the freezer door is kept closed.

As for the fridge itself, like others have said, I freeze Capri Sun drinks and also a couple of pre-cooked meals in tupperware boxes that I will use on our first couple of nights. I pack them around any chilled items to keep them nice and cold while the fridge isn't powered.

I haven't had any problems yet and always have a good supply of ready cooked meals that just need to be warmed on the evenings we don't fancy going out and I don't fancy cooking.

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