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They've dropped the price several times now and it's still not selling! Tells a story!

It gets mobbed in the summer, Pete! Home of Noilly Prat wine!

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Went out for a little run on the bike today, as the sun was shining, although, it wasn't fantastically warm. It wasn't enough of a run to warrant a ride report and the roads weren't the most interesting. Anyway, I went to Marseillan and then onto Marseillan plage and back home. Marseillan is quite a pretty town and marina and it's not crazy busy at this time of the year.

The assist only works up to 25km/h, so above that it's all down to you! I guess that it also depends what you want out of it. Personally, I want the exercise, but sometimes need a bit of assistance up the hills or against a headwind, otherwise I'd just use my non-ebike.

It depends on the level of assistance, the terrain and battery capacity, Pete. I use mine on Eco mode most of the time, which is the minimum amount of assistance, and mine has a 500W battery, so I probably need to charge it up every 100-120kms with the riding I do around here. That's enough for me though.

Looks a beast, mate!

We can sort it out nearer the time, once you've got your itinerary firmed up.

It's the gorge near Padern in Aude, @Pedro. If I'm around when you're heading through on your road trip I'd be very happy to show you around there. We've also got a guest bedroom here, if you need somewhere for a pitstop on your way through.

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.