Place:
Melukote.
Distance: 150 x 2 = 300kms.
Directions: Bengaluru – Bidadi –
Ramnagara – Mandya - Melukote
Participants: Chethan
(Zethu) > Karthik (Sp).
Bikes: Avenger > Pulsar
Previous visit: Bhasmangi Fort Trek
IN
LESS THAN 50 WORDS:
This chapter was done to catch up
with good old Zethu. It saw some peaceful riding, long talks and very blissful
nap under the green trees. And finally to finished things off at a dhaba with
good lunch.
INTRO &
PLAN:
Zethu had had rode all the way from Mumbai to Bangalore on his Avenger.
After resting for a couple of days, he notified me that he was good for a ride.
And I badly wanted to hear all his ride stories and obviously if it’s Zethu,
his New Year stories are the best to hear. So BR hills was planned. I had to
take leave, as it was a weekday.
TIME: 22:00 (3/2/2016)
ASSEMBLE
& LEAVE:
Yeah I was up at 05:00, did a push
ups & bicep curls and was all set to go. The meet up was scheduled at RR
Nagar arch. So I left home at about 05:30 and waited for Zethu at the Arch,
Once he arrived, we greeted each other and decided to leave town before the
traffic could pick up. TIME: 06:00
RIDE 1:
(Bangalore- Bidadi – Channpatna – Mandya -Melukote)
This was a 150kms ride. As we departed Bangalore, we rode beside each
other. It felt good riding with Zethu as it had been quite some months as he
was put up in Mumbai and had pulled off quite a few big ones there. After
riding for about 30kms we decided to pull over at at our regular hotel at
Bidadi for some breakfast.
TIME: 07:30
Over the breakfast, we decided to change the place to Melukote as it
would be less tiring and we could relax at the serene place. So continuing
further we cruised past Ramnagar, Channpatna, Maddur. We pulled over at the outskirts of the Mandya
for some hot light tea. Zethu started filling me up on his end of the stories
and likewise I told him about my side as well.
After the deviation from Mandya, the roads quietened down and the
greenery increased dramatically. Zethu was flying left to right and right to
left, enjoying the fresh air. We pulled over at a few stops and one standard
stop at the beautiful curve that exists just before the hairpin curves to the
temple. Executing those Hp curves with delight we made it to the temple.
TIME:10:45
MELUKOTE:
As it was a Thursday the flock was less in number. But we directly
headed towards our peace spot. First waving a hi to Bande Ganu, climbing down
the stairs we made it to grass lands. The breeze was strong and air temperature was
low it was just perfect as we had anticipated. We roamed around for a little
while and told him about the last visit’s trek with Gow (Melukote trek) at the same place.
After this we crashed down on the grass amidst the friendly buffaloes.
Zethu filled me up on his New Year adventure and what a start it had
been for him for the year 2016. After a while we restored to silence and all we
could hear is the leaves rustling, few beams of sunlight making to through to
us and the grass being eaten of the ground by the cows. goats and buffaloes.
Slowly we drifted off into a peaceful nap.
Man, were we off on a trip? Yes we were. Such a nice nap, never had I
had. We got up, yawned and then sat up staring at the skies and the confused
cows that were looking straight at us, wondering who the visitors were. Then we
met a cowherd who was desperately trying to get a small calf into a pond for
bath. But it was resisting his and playing around. IT was damn fun to watch.
After spending a few more minutes packing up, we decided to leave Melukote.
TIME: 12:30
RIDE 2:
(Melulkote – Pandavpura – Mandya – Ramnagar – Bangalore)
This was 150kms ride back. We decided to skip Tonnur kere as our tummies
were already growling. but we did ride to Pandavpura and touch Mysore road. Now
I was confused, whether our regional dhaba – ‘Swati highway dhaba’ fell before
or after, trusting my gut I took a left and headed hoping to spot. And I was
spot on, and we pulled over at the dhaba for some tasty lunch.
TIME: 14:00
After spending about 1.5 hours at the dhaba, munching and drinking we
left the dhaba afloat. The ride back was pretty straight forward as it was on
the Mysore road. We rode back with a few light tea stops to reach back JB Split
stop at about 18:00, Here we pulled over thanked each other for making it and
split. I continued towards Gokula to meet Dee for chats. After which I headed
back home to reach my home as well.
TIME: 19:30
PICASA
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