putting up your bivvy for the night is fine. using a gaz/oil cooker to prepare food likewise <Providing> the 8 of you don't get boisterous and start annoying anyone. If its a big lay bye you might be better off splitting into two or three smaller groups.
DO NOT, as others have done here, steal wood to make bonfires. in fact do not have bonfires at all because in much of rural France this is illegal from June to October due to the fire risk.
In other words be discrete and inconspicuous and everyone including the gendarmes will leave you to enjoy your trip. If you interfere with someone elses enjoyment of life you will be severely hassled.
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