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What have you done today with your Austin Seven
Bonne Année, meilleurs vœux mes amis amateurs des "septs"...

Another nice day today so I thought I'd give the RP its first run of 2019. I didn't want to go too far so had a run to the top of Mont Bouquet a few miles from here. It's not that high, only 629 metres (2063') but the climb to the top from Brouzet Les Alès is a killer. The RP can do most of it in 3rd but second is needed for the steeper bits, which according to a cycling website the climb is 4.6km long, with an average gradient of 9.5% going to 16.4% on the steeper bits. Now, compared to some of the bigger hills around here it's nothing much, but it gives the car a good work out and the view from the top is quite impressive.

The view northwards is somewhat obscured by trees, but there's a cracking panorama due east & south. You can see Mont Ventoux and the Alps and like today when the sun is in the right place, you can see it glinting off the Mediterranean down in the Camargue.

I did take a pic from the top but the camera doesn't really do the view justice:

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On the way back down I stopped to take a shot northwards towards the massif of Mont Lozère (higher than Ben Nevis) with the valley of the Reckless Ones just below it:

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(There is at least one poster on here apart from me who has been there and done it)
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