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Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
06/6/2014 at 8:22am
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Yep you will learn a lot from your first adventure, we certainly did back in the summer of 1979, when we were just 19 back then me and Mrs Francais were Young Beautiful and Stupid.
We had such a wonderfull time down on the Cote d Azur for our fortnight campings, and everthing back then went in the car, we did not even have a roofrack, and the tent was a large Canvas Marechal.
Of course now we are just stupid, but we still love our fortnight campings in the South East of France during the summer.
Stick your CampingGaz cylinder in the boot of the car, it will be fine, one of the first things we learned was to always carry two cylinders, as I will guarantee that they always run out when the campsite shop is shut lol.
We used to take a 904 for main use, with a little 907 as backup, although both small they are expensive to refill compared to the larger 907, now that we have the Trailer we carry 2 907's.
However in this modern age, we now use EHU as much as we can, and a single CampinGaz Cylinder will last us upto 8 weeks or more!
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Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
06/6/2014 at 10:13am
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We made our first foray onto the continent last September... and let's just say, we'll be going again this September! 
'Twas absolutely brilliant!
Ok, we didn't go as far south as you are planning (Dordogne), but with a little presearch, and oodles of advice from the experts on here, everything went smoothly, and we had a whale of a time.
I would spend some time sorting routes etc, and have options for overnight hotels, if that's part of the plan. We avoided Paris, being newbies, and went via Rouen, Chartres, Orleans (From Le Chunnel). A little longer, but a more relaxing drive you could not wish for.
Didn't book a thing bar the tunnel crossing, and just turned up... but it was September, and we did have "options", be it for the camp site itself, or the overnight hotels. Option A turned out to be available on every occasion... but I wouldn't be so cocky in July!!
Make time to stop and picnic en route, at the roadside aires (nice peaceful picnic areas, rather than all singing, all dancing busy motorway services).
We exchanged our empty and tatty 907 bottle for a shiny new one off the shelf at "Mr Bricolage" (Similar to our B&Q). If memory serves, it was about €25.
Spend some time on presearch, and ask away on here, and it will all come to fruition when you get there.
Enjoy! 
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