{"id":3112,"date":"2010-03-15T11:40:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T10:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:59:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:59:45","slug":"11-things-a-carper-should-not-go-to-france-without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/11-things-a-carper-should-not-go-to-france-without\/","title":{"rendered":"11 things a carper should not go to France without"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3114\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2010\/03\/tom1-150x106.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2010\/03\/tom1-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2010\/03\/tom1.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>1. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A map<\/span> &#8211; <\/strong>Sat Navs like Tom Tom are great but they are not infallible. Sometimes you need to check they are going to the right place!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Passport <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 obvious really! \u00a0But remember to check in good time if it&#8217;s still going to be current when you go. \u00a0New anti-terrorist rules make the application process much more lengthy now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">In your vehicle <\/span><\/strong>&#8211; warning triangle and luminous jackets. These are mandatory, use them for all break downs. One luminous jacket for each passenger must be in the car.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Vehicle Documents<\/span> &#8211; <\/strong>insurance, driving license and log book. If you are stopped the gendarmes will want to see these and there is a potential fine if you can\u2019t produce them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Cash or credit card for the motorway tolls<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; embarrassing if you haven\u2019t got them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Bottle opener<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 again obvious really, you really do need to try the local wine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Freezer blocks &amp; cooler box<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; you&#8217;ll need this to keep the beer cold!<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Electrical adapters<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Suntan lotion and after sun <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 catching those carp will leave you exposed, no need to become a lobster!<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">HIC card for health insurance<\/span> &#8211; <\/strong>saves paying upfront for emergency healthcare.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Antiseptic wash\/first aid box.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. \u00a0A map &#8211; Sat Navs like Tom Tom are great but they are not infallible. Sometimes you need to check they are going to the right place! 2. \u00a0Passport \u2013 obvious really! \u00a0But remember to check in good time if it&#8217;s still going to be current when you go. \u00a0New anti-terrorist rules make the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[835],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-first-carp-fishing-trip-to-france"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30033,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions\/30033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}