TIGERS IN FRANCE
Dec 05, 2018
5 minutes
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY: Bill Snell
My brother Martin has friends in France, so it was he who came up with the plan to stay with them in August and spend a few days touring Normandy. Within days, we had a crossing booked for Portsmouth to Ouistreham (£198 return) and I had bought a bluetooth intercom to match that of Martin. The night before I packed the Z1000SX’s panniers (excellent bits of kit) plus a magnetic tankbag and was good to go.
DAY 1: EASTLEIGH TO TORTISAMBERT
The first and pretty much only glitch of the trip occurred as we kitted up and ran an intercom check. They paired together, and I could hear Martin... but he couldn’t hear me. We tried every combination of button push, to no avail. We resigned ourselves to a frustratingly
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