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TAKING French leave

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

This July I took our long-term loan Bailey Autograph on its biggest test yet, driving it more than 1000 miles through France. This was both to cover a few new model launches and to explore two regions that I have often been intrigued by – one very familiar (Normandy), the other (the Auvergne) perhaps not so familiar, but no less worthy of a visit.

I plan to go into more detail about those tours in future issues. But what about the practicalities of such a trip? The Autograph 74-4 is certainly well kitted out for a long journey. It comes with a huge storage area underneath the French bed, a sizeable wardrobe and plenty of overhead lockers all around the

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