There were clouds in the horizon and I was half prepared to get caught in the rain but thankfully the rain stayed away
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- Laughs – Alone
- Date – 28 Nov 2024
- Destination – Madikeri
- Total kilometers – ~550kms
- Route – Bengaluru – Channarayapatna – Holenarasipur – Kushalnagar – Madikeri (BigCup Cafe) – Retraced same route back home
Last week of November brings an extra holiday for folks working with US clients. So here I was looking at a long weekend with no fixed plans, plans which were too dicey given the effects of cyclone – which automatically ruled out TN. As I visited Kerala just last month and Goa before that, these locations were also ruled out. Random brainwave encouraged me to take up a day long ride to some location, which was not yet decided.
When I woke up on 28th Nov, I recalled folks mentioning Madikeri/Coorg and this was a place I have not visited ever since I landed in Bengaluru. That was it. Quickly packed up bare essentials, arranged it in the tail bag, put the rain gear in the storage and off I went at 5:00 am. Destination: coffee plantation country.
Roads were nice all the way till the diversion at Channarayapatna. I also encountered some morning fog but none of it was too much of a bother. Post this, the roads deteriorated for a while then improved slightly and this cycle kept repeating. However much of the route was good to excellent. Thumbs up!.
I arrived at the Big Cup Cafe around 10:30and had a lazy breakfast and couple of coffees and lazed around for around and hour post which I started my way back home. There were clouds in the horizon and I was half prepared to get caught in the rain but thankfully the rain stayed away and once I climbed back on the main Hassan – Bengaluru it was a child’s play reaching home by 4:00pm.
Aerox performed flawlessly although gulped a lot of fuel. I averaged around 40kmpl and I rode at speeds of 85-95kmph throughout on the smooth sections. As I have been riding frequently since monsoons ended, did not feel a lot of fatigue.
On to the next ride now.
Few pictures for memories
1. Fog at the beginning
2. Slowly the blanket of fog lifted as the sun came up
3. Looking for directions after getting off the highway at Channarayapatna
4. Just before Hemavati River bridge
5. Some nice empty stretches of smooth rural KA roads
6. BigCup Cafe
7. Breakfast
8. Coffee plantations and curves
9. Rural farms
10. Resting before hitting the road again
11. One of the oldest with one of the latest
12. Loved it
Cheers!
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