Money saving tips for touring

We're planning a tour of probably 6-8 weeks over summer, around France and Spain. I'm quitting my job and Tom's freelance so the main deciding factor for exactly what we're doing/how long we're taking etc is how much we can afford. We'll be camping wherever we can, but aside from that does anyone have any good money saving tips?

Food is obviously the main expenditure apart from accommodation - we tend to be quite extravagant and buy most of a supermarket each afternoon for dinner, which is a terrible habit but I get so bored eating the same thing (e.g. pasta or whatever) and also resent having to cart it around day after day. Any suggestions for cheap but interesting meals/other money saving tips?

Go wild camping in Spain especially, if you like to stay in camp sites, you'll end up having to fork out twice as much to camp than you would in France (€20 instead of €10).

Spain ate up most of our budget because of that, and end up going wild camping for half the time we were there.

Make a pot cosy if you don't have one already. Will save you loads of fuel.

In France, municipal campsites are super cheap.

Make sure you have all your euro in advance/credit card with no transaction fees on euros.
Not paying for a cabin on the ferries usually saves you quite a bit if you don't mind a bit of discomfort sleeping on the floor.
As ed days, wild camping every other night would save you a lot.
Only eat in restaurants as a rare treat.
Big tins of ratatouille in france are cheap ways of getting lots of veg in you're cooking.

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I'd suggest airbnbing your place whilst away, but might be tricky to get everything lined up in the time you have before the trip. Also: cats, no?

Take spices, tea etc with you - stuff that's small, light and pricey. Salt / Pepper / Sugar can be sourced freely in cafes / bars ;)

Pretend that the Euro is exactly the same as the pound helped massively too.

You should speak to Tommo about his tour last year - he did 1500 miles on a fiver a day, although he either wild camped or stayed on people's floors. I think he ate cheap food from the supermarket, lots of porridge and a few meals out (cheesy chips in Gateshead as a highlight).

Thanks all, good tips (apart from wild camping which I won't do because I enjoy showers, but all the others seem sensible). Will speak to Tommo too, good idea.

You may be forced to in Spain as there's a lots less campsite en route, the majority will try and rip you off by stating that you should have a tent in each caravan slot that can hold up to 4 easily.

McDonald always have free wifi and great toilet to clean and wash yourself.

Ew. I mean thanks.

We had no trouble finding campsites in Spain last time, but maybe we were just on a popular route.

We did find a lots of them on the popular route (Barcelona to valencia) but the moment we head toward the mountains, the number of campsite suddenly got very small.

Camping municipal in France are bargainous, no thrills, if you arrive late and leave early you will often find nobody at the gate.
You can always ask for a quick shower at any camping entrance,
and find more exclusive accomodation further.
Prices are often inclusive: car + 2 people, 2 people, etc, always underline that you are traveling light and could be charged accordingly.
Swimming pools have lots of showers, but securing the bikes can be difficult.
Organic shops sell by bulk, so you can pick and choose lots of different things in small quantities, gives you a break from the usual traveling fare.