On Saturday we went to Villeneuve-les-Beziers to see the arrival of the Brescoudos motorbike 'club'. Every year at Cap D'Agde around 3,000 bikers, mostly with Harley Davidson's, gather for a week of touring round the region and whatever else bikers do when they get together. It is an amazing sight seeing that number of motorbikes arriving into the main street in all shapes and sizes - both bikes and people. The main square is taken over with live bands, food and drink stalls plus other stalls selling any amount of HD accessories and other bike paraphernalia. We noticed this year there were more women riding their own bikes rather than being a passenger. They were also noticeably younger than the average age of the men, being mostly middle-aged (and that's generous). We stopped for lunch at a little square in the cool of the back streets away from the black-clad crowds and heat. However, as this is France, we were still surrounded by bikers having their plat de jour and pichet of rosé - not the usual image of hardened bikers ...
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