
The Festival itself was significantly bigger this year, better laid out, more stands, more space and more catering (but same slow service). Once again they had a really eclectic mix of bikes, everything from Honda C90's and CG125's through to ultra exotics, as well as all the cafe bikes, brats, scramblers, trackers and ride a wrecks.
There appears to be little of the London hipster trendiness that marks out things like the Bike Shed events, which can appear a bit cliquey. The French are very inclusive, if it's got two wheels it's good enough. Hence CG125's rub shoulders with MV 750's and the like. Similarly, the paying public span all age ranges, lots of families, lots of girls from teenagers into women in their 60's, many riding their own bikes and taking to the track, which is great to see.
It's the same in the bike park, the range of bikes is similarly wide, scooters, 125's, Gold Wings, classics, sports bikes, GS's, Harley's, cruisers, etc. there's a bit of everything. It would be great to see that kind of bike scene here, where everyone's a biker rgardless of what they ride. There's a huge lack of snobbishness in France in that regard, and much less of the tribal divisions we get here between different types of bike riders. It would also be great to see the same amount of younger riders over here as well, and not just old duffers such as myself.

Lots of photo's. I'll try and get some up over the next few days.