We had planned to ride during the long Ugaadi weekend, from 5th to 7th April, a month earlier. Abhi and I took a day off from office, on the 4th of April hoping for a peaceful ride out of the city before the holiday and weekend crowd started to choke the highway. A cousin’s wedding reception that ended late and the last minute packing left us only with three hours of sleep. Managed to drag ourselves out of the bed, and within a hour we hit the road. Continue reading Ushering in the Kannada New Year
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Deepavali getaway and more running in
The week before Deepawali saw me out of Bangalore on a weeklong solo trip into various places in north Karnataka. The Thunderbird had run about 600kms and had the first service the day I headed out of Bangalore. It was still running in, so it was obvious that this was going to be a relaxed ride.
The ride was mainly concentrated in and around the Uttara Kannada district as it has my dad’s hometown, Chipageri and I have a lot of relatives whom I’d not met in a long time. The total distance covered was about 1300kms. Continue reading Deepavali getaway and more running in