Please don't settle for a bivi under any problems in the forest. I've had the joy of British students asleep at 10am under my chosen problem. This was all the more annoying as they had lit a fire and spread detritus all around.I'm sure Neil will be along with advice on free stuff. Why not stay at his place?
as an update - I noticed a few campervans parked outside Millyturns out there is a free, official van parkhttp://www.campercontact.com/en/france/ile-de-france-75-77-78-91-92-93-94-95/milly-la-foret/25476/motorhome-parking-aire-municipale.aspxcould be useful
Do the French have garden gnomes? If so - what's French for an ornamental garden gnome?
Sabot car park is better and Franchard even better still.
That's not very sound advice.Stay at the official free sites or pay to stay somewhere else.
Well I did say, not a problem if responsible, personally I never sat out at a table in the car parks but it's the people staying in the smaller vans that don't really have a choice on that front - I was in a motorhome.When you say a few euros for the campsite, I assume you mean like 10euro minimum (absolute guess)? This soon adds up if you're in the forest for 3 months, as I was. And I was jobless, etc. I fully accept that people aren't going to like it when people are taking the piss and I witnessed it myself occasionally but so long as you're dealing with your waste properly, then I don't really see the problem. Staying in the forest shouldn't be limited to people who have the money to stay on campsites, gites and so on and to be fair, the free places aren't close to the best areas and fuel isn't cheap.The one largers mentioned is close, but the nights we stayed there at the start of the trip we had groups of local youths playing their music loud until stupidly late (as it's on the edge of milly to nobody to complain). They also were loitering around the van, so I chose to go sleep with the other climbers in the car parks after that and all was good.