The LAST day!!!
Day 10 : Chikkamagaur - Belur - Hassan - Mayura Hotel (nowadays is to be considered a spot on the Google map)- Magadi - *HOME*(Bangalore)
Started my day at 630 am. Chikkamagalur is a very cold place even in summer (almost). It was bone chilling cold and it was time for some "soodu chaya".
so it was 650 am almost when i started from Chikkamagalur. I had just cleared 15 odd kilometers and i completely lost the sensation in my hands. I could not feel anything with my fingers , it was kind of frozen.
I still remember last years WINTER RIDE where i had experienced something similar but this was worse . I stopped immediately seeing some people had made a bonfire besides the road. If not i would have free zed ....
My bike also feeling the cold
Very little pics as i was rushing to Mayura Hotel as BBians were to ride there on that day . It was BB(Bangalore Bikers) welcome ride to Mayura Hotel with 25+ bikers.
By the time i reached there, the group had already placed the order for food and were waiting for it. I was welcomed and i felt like king at that time .
Riding on Hassan - Belur route never had felt better than that day.
My favourite Pic
I was super excited at that time. I really wanted to go to Shettihalli as it was a new place for me though my native is Hassan. My pocket had already shrink-ed to nothing in reality. Had to get back home and my poor bike was exhausted and was crying for an engine oil change. Even while returning it was fun Via Magadi.
Enjoyed the ride thoroughly.
I seriously apologize for all the spelling mistakes (i blame the SMS system for it) that i have made in this entire Blog frankly its the first time i have ever taken interest in writing one. Its actually fun on the whole.
positives of the trip :
* Being alone leads to thinking more ,which is good.
* It was almost like a personality development program for me
* the BONDING between me and my Darling(RTR) became even better, i understood my bike much better .
* I always thought that to enjoy a trip atleast another person(company) was required , which is completely false belief.
* I am much much much more confident about myself after this grand SOLO ride.
* Again realized that i LOVE my BIKE...
Negetives,
Found nothing which caused me regret taking up this idea of riding all alone for such long.
Every place i have been to in this trip , i have made plenty of friends everywhere. I am lucky that i met such good people on the way, which felt great.
Had forgotten to mention this incident,,,
It was a completely incident free ride but there was a small occasion where i felt almost dead.(because of stories i had heard from many friends of mine) I had passed Vellore (towards Chennai day 1)and it was around 740 pm i guess and was dark already. That stretch of road wasn't made yet and we had to pass in the service road. Ahead of me was a overly loaded lorry with stones and behind me traffic was building. I never try to overtake by the left at most of the times as i am damn scared to do so. I had heard that we should not go close to heavily loaded trucks as their Tyre's tend to burst and when they do the impact would be high . So i had maintained a good distance from it and an Innova driver was honking at me for doing so. As i was almost to the end of the service road there was an explosion and i felt a sensation in my right thigh , immediately pulled over with my indicators on and just started to search for any signs of blood . To my bad luck the left rear Tyre had blasted and i was slightly towards the left at that time so i had worries in my mind. The foolish Innova driver was just laughing at me when i was checking myself. Luckily nothing had happened except a small stone hit on my thigh . Thanks to my jeans or else it would have entered my body easily.
Please maintain a decent distance while over taking lorries/trucks.. even at lower speeds.
thank you for reading my travelogue.... RIDE SAFE RIDE LONG
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