Regading recipe’s for cooking in France, over to our very own master Chef Scott for that one.

Can’t agree with you more Elie/Jamie regarding going over to France the day before. I’ve known people drive for 10 hours after getting off the ferry to reach a lake and its not a pretty site. You’re there to enjoy yourself not kill yourself.

Are your sure about the Haricots??? Whilst I enjoy French food and wine, not completely taken with this, although I have noticed that more of the small supermarkets are now stocking some English food in specific aisles, at a premium of course Got any recipes you would like to share?

I saw this excellent post on the Quest Baits Blog:
By Jamie Simpson
Ok so I thought this piece may be helpful to anyone who has little or no experience of fishing in France.
Travelling to France for a fishing holiday can be a daunting prospect, yet the…

This will certainly come into it’s own for people from the North of England and Scotland that perhaps have a six or more hour drive in the UK before boarding the ferry.

The one we stayed in the other week was pretty decent and there was even a restaurant a couple of hundred yards away.
The beauty is you feel refreshed after a good nights kip and a shower and I am certain you fish the first 24 hours more effectively than when you are worn out from the drive.

Got to say though that I am not yet a convert to the Frenchj version of Haricot beans (love me Heinz too much)

Jamie

You’ve covered most things but I think you now need a mini fire extinguisher in the back of the car too.

As for having baked beans in France…instead they have these lovely jars of beans (haricots blancs, haricots verts) you can buy and add whatever you like to them. Much nicer IMO! French food is so good!

Oh and I’ve posted this before and on the Angling Lines website. I hate travelling overnight and getting to a lake knackered Saturday morning. I now catch a Friday early afternoon ferry, missing all the worst of the UK traffic. I arrive in France Friday evening, drive at least half way to the venue and stay overnight in a Formule 1. There is a huge network of these cheap hotels all over France and you can easily book on line. They are clean and most of them have totally secure parking so you can leave your gear in the car park overnight. A room with a double bed and a single bunk that sleep three people costs less than 30 Euros. For another couple of quid you get an all you can eat French breakfast which sets you up nicely for the day. If you have time you can even do a supermarket shop on the way to your fishing lake. That way you get to your venue well rested and fresh for the off instead of feeling completely knackered!

Elie

Cheers Ron

Great comments.

I can’t believe that I forgot the one about multi sockets as I fell foul of that one myself a few years back.

Nothing worse than waiting your turn for use of a electric socket. In this day and age of many things requiring re-charging why have to wait your turn? Also a English extension lead means you only need one French socket adaptor.

Share a water with bait boat users and you will see why I now make sure I can re-charge important things

Cheers,
Pat

Currently it is more expensive to fill up with unleaded in France but cheaper for Diesel than in the UK.

You can’t get decent baked beans in the French supermarkets so if you like them then you will have to take them with you