We bought the GSX1400 in 2007 and this was our first trip abroad with it. Before this, the furthest we had been was a weekend in Essex to see family, about 300 miles away, so it was quite exciting. We went with another couple on a BMW F800ST. The ferry from Weymouth to St Malo stopped at Jersey and Guernsey on the way, which I didn't realise when I booked and an hour late due to technical problems, we arrived at St Malo. We then had a 175mile ride to our first b&b near Chinon. The b&b was lovely - really friendly people, nice rural location, great place to chill out. We spent two nights there, then did the longest ride of the holiday (500km) down to the next b&b in the Central Massif. It took
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