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Yes, they're pretty interesting roads mate, just have to be ultra cautious on them, with French drivers liking to cut corners and that! It has rained a bit recently. The roads were mostly dry, but some of the verges and lay-bys were a bit muddy. I stopped in one lay-by and put the sidestand down and leant the bike onto it and it sank into the ground!

There's a lot of abandoned buildings around, but not complete villages or stations that I know of!

There won't be any left if she gets there first!

That's a shame. I thought that he was in remission, but obviously not. RIP

Cheers, Pete. Yes, I'm trying to get out and explore a bit more. Being able to get out on the bike more was one of the attractions of moving down here, so it would be a shame not to make the most of it!

After a couple of wet days the sun got his hat on today. It was still slightly fresh and a bit windy first thing, but I couldn't resist getting out on the bike. I put Villerouge Termenes into the sat-nav and headed in that direction. The route took me on Narbonne's northern bypass and I turned off and headed up and across, past the Abbaye Fontfroide and towards Tournissan. I turned off that road and headed towards Villerouge-Termenès, which is a nice twisty road in the Corbieres. I got to Villerouge and stopped for a minute, but I was enjoying the ride, so I switched off the Sat-nav and decided that I'd just see where I ended up. I was in a village called Laroq-de-Fa and saw a road sign for the Château Quéribus, so I swung off onto that road. It wound through the hills and into Massac, where I swung a tricky right turn towards Soulatgé. There I picked up the road along the valley, towards Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, which took me under the Château Peyrepertuse that sits on a rocky ridge. I passed through Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse and past the Château de Quéribus. I then went through Padern and along its gorge, towards Tuchan, where I got caught out by the lack of road signs, but eventually found the right road. This road took me past the Château d'Aguilar and towards Villeneuve-les-Corbières. From there I went through Durban-Corbières and turned left onto the road to Thézan-des-Corbières. There I got back onto the road past Abbaye Fontfroide and back to Narbonne and home. I've no idea how far this loop was, but I was out for about 4hrs, so I'm guessing at around 200kms or thereabouts. The roads were pretty twisty and narrow, so it wasn't a fast ride!

No crayons, @boboneleg, he's eaten them all!

Stevie Ray's brother, Jimmy, on guitar.

Would make a great second bike.......... @Saul There are corners cut to keep the price down, but it depends on how significant those cuts are. It's only a matter of time until they can’t be ignored any longer I think.

Yes, that's the one! I think that it's a great photo.

One for @Six30, but you'll have to wait until the end!

One of the French guys on the video said something about that they've been on sale and quite popular in Spain for a couple of years now and he's not heard anything too bad about them. This guy has taken his on some reasonable trips.

Yeah, not a wheelie bin in sight yet!

Didn't you post one of the dog sitting in a stream a few days ago, Fred? Or did I dream it?

Cool. I was watching a couple of French guys, who made some small modifications to one for off-roading. One of the things they changed was the gear lever, changing it for folding one. They also changed the handlebar levers for some that have a slight flexibility in them. I think that both of the guys are GS1250 riders, but they said that they were surprised on how well it worked off-road. I think that the stock tyres aren't much good, so they said that they're going to swap them for some decent off-road rubber soon.