Man o man! Am I actually heading home today??? Initially I couldn’t belive myself that I would be in home by evening. Since it was just a home run & as it would take half day, decided not to make it straight & take some other route which would be scenic.
“Sir, Mudigere??” I enquired the route quite frequently to locals till I saw a distance board mentioning the name. Road till Mudigere was a bliss with clean smooth roads & estates on either side. Didn’t realise when I have reached Mudigere riding in this road.
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| I wish I could have rode here... |
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| Riding in estates... |
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| Who won't enjoy riding here??? |
Once reaching Mudigere, next enquiry I had to do was to find the road to Sakleshpur. But what a fate! This road was truly troublesome with only last few Kms being good. As a compensation, road offered beautiful rural vista which I enjoyed to the full.
After riding in narrow estate roads, at last, I was on NH-48 by 11:00 AM. This road is one of the most frequently travelled one for me & hence I knew this road very well.
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| Back to NH-48 |
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| 4-Lane work in progress |
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| Hills on the way |
NHAI board read ‘Chenraya Patna 87 Kms’ & that’s when I decided to take my first break at Kamath Hotel near Chenraya Patna.
Being at Kamath, grabbed 2 plates of Curd Rice while talking to Manoj over the phone. He asked me since it’s my last day of the tour, am I feeling sad that it’s coming to an end. Well to be frank, I never felt sad as if this gets over, I can think of another oneJ.
Although NH-48 was quite boring due to me riding here quite frequently, entire 53 days epic was wading in front of my eyes. With memory rolling in my mind, I was kinda enjoying my ride in spite of petrol being in reserve but was quite confident to find a fuel station in short distance. But what the heck?? I couldn’t find any fuel station at least for 30 Kms & was pretty worried about it. As I had already rode 20 odd Kms in reserve, was desperate to find a bunk & at last, got a see a BP filling station for my bikeJ.
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| At last, nearing home... |
Post refilling my bike, continued the journey back home with memories running in background & stopped when I could see NH-4 flyover at Nelamangala. Man o man! Finally, I have made it. The feeling of achievement was running at high speed inside me but decided to control it till I reach home as it was still another 40-50 Kms away.
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| Yupee.... Back to Bangalore |
Took neatly planned signal free highway & got out of it in NICE road exit.
“Mysore road!” I said while taking the toll ticket.
Once reaching Mysore road, although I could have reached home easily taking Kengeri – Uttarhalli road, decided to move ahead & take ring road so that I will get used to Bangalore trafficJ.
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| Exit to NICE Road |
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| Looking tired :( |
All in all, it was around 4:30 PM when I opned my house gate & took my bike in. Oh Boy! What a journeyJ. Before I could even remove my riding gear, Sathvik started to jump over me & I thanked him for at least recognizing meJ.
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| Pleasure to end the ride |
It’s a very special feeling of being at home after achieving something which looks absolute crap to common man. Sathvik was in clould nine seeing his Chikkappa back home & I too was in cluld nine sipping a home tea. Informed parents about me safely reaching home & am sure even my parents would have jumped in joy as their idiot son had reached home safely without any hurdlesJ.
After a short break, I thanked my fate when sister-in-law said the air pressure in rear tyre looks very low. Gosh! It’s a flat tyre for the first time in this trip after riding for 11377.1 Kms.
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