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A bunch of us road Amsterdam to Paris last year and we rocked a simple tarp rather than a tent.
Slept 5 of us, we were lucky with the weather but the tarp was fine, lightweight and easy to split up, we had poles between two people and one person got the tarp itself, you could do without poles too if you are ray mears.
We also had bivi bags, if you go cheap it will rustle and sweat like anything as the cheapo orange things are non breathable, think we paid about £30 for some ok ones, still pretty foisty.
I didn't bother taking any ground/roll mat which was one one of my biggest regrets, decathlon do thin mats which you can blow up slightly. I made do by finding cardboard boxes where ever we stayed and laying them out tramp style.
It's a good method of camping though, tarps are quick and easy so you can get packed up and off quick in the morning. . .