The peg, the steel, the 25 cm, the bent the at the 45 degrees at the point (the the French the soil, the dry, the stony, and the essential camping the peg is the rock-the peg with the hook), the hammered into the ground at the Camping La Plage in the Argelès-sur-Mer (the Mediterranean, the Pyrenees at the back, the 300 pitches, and the 4-star the campsite the 200 metres the from the beach) the 8pm on the first the evening the of the 2-week the French the camping the holiday, the tent the erected in the 30-minute the domestic the argument, the 3-course the campfire the meal the to the come, is the essential French the camping the moment. The France is the most popular camping the country in Europe: the 11,000 campsites, the 130 million the camping the nights a year, and the essential the family the holiday for the UK the families the crossing the Channel. Here are the top 5 items to include.

1. Camping Stove

the butane, the Campingaz the CV470 the cartridge (the £5 in the UK, the £8 in the France, the buy the 3 in the UK the before the trip), the best the stove for the French the camping: the Campingaz the Camping the Chef, the £30 in the UK, and the essential meal: the steak the haché the from the Super U (the €4 for the 2), the baguette the (the €1), the salad, the cheese (the Comté, the 18 the months, the €4 for the 200g, and the best-value French the cheese), and the red the wine (the Côtes du Rhône, the €4 for the bottle, the see the below). The total: the €10 for the 2 for the best camping the meal in the France.

2. Wine

the French the camping the wine the rule: the buy the wine from the local the cave the coopérative, the €3–6 for the bottle that is the €10–15 in the UK, the drink the local: the Rosé de Provence in the South, the Muscadet on the Atlantic the coast, the Riesling in the Alsace. The essential: the wine the box, the 5 litres, the €15, and the best-value wine for the 2-week the camping the trip (the equivalent of the 7 the bottles at the €2 per the bottle).

3. Corkscrew

The essential the corkscrew: the Laguiole, the €15, the French, and the essential French camping the souvenir. More France →

4. Electric Hook-Up Cable

the UK the 3-pin to European the 2-pin the adapter (the buy the at the Halfords for the £25, the essential for the French the campsite: the French the campsites the often the have the reverse-the polarity the wiring, the polarity the tester is the £10, and the essential the check the before the plugging the in the fridge. The essential: the 25-metre the cable, the French the hook-up the posts are the often the spaced the further the apart than the UK, and the 5-metre the cable is the often the too the short).

5. French Phrasebook

the French the camping the essential the phrases: the “Je voudrais une emplacement pour une tente” (the “I would the like a pitch for a tent.” The advance the booking: the book the campsite the 3 months the ahead for the August on the coast, the best the pitches the are the taken the by the November), the “Où sont les douches?” (the “Where are the showers?”, the essential for the 8am the after the stormy the night), the “Le pain au chocolat, s’il vous plaît” (the essential the morning the phrase at the campsite the shop, the €1.20, the warm, the chocolate, and the best camping the breakfast in the world), and the “Merci, au revoir” (the essential for the leaving the site at the end of the trip). The essential: the Michelin the Camping the Guide the France, the €15, the 3,000 the campsites the reviewed, and the essential the planning the tool.