re the ticks, avoid long grass and tall weeds as much as possible, In most french vets and supermarkets you can buy a little tool for a few pence to remove them. looks like a little plastic wrecking bar, you slide the V under the tick and spin it anti clockwise, it will then unscrew cleanly from its site.
It might be worth pitching tent over a larger plastic sheet, like an oversize ground sheet. They do not like to cross open country. If you have the time you can get the jabs in France cheaply. Just go to any doctors and ask.
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