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BJ3 - Chitradurga to Hospet
7.30 am/6.30 pm/7.30pm/140/15/60%
a little toughish ride - due to inclins and water shortage -
especially the last part
- NH13 this patch is pretty bad - single lane - one for each side - no
shoulder - only truck traffic - potholed road - very diff from the
golden quads
95 km -20% incline - gentle rolling / 45 km - 10% decline
meal 1 9 am - fried rice - tea -flavour of used tea leaves and kerosine stove
temp 30 till 9 am - 35 at 10 - no cloud cover - 40 at 2.30 and -
remained that level for long- peak at 42 - 36 at 6 pm
strong cross wind the first 50 - diag head the next 30 - full head the
next 40 - nil the last piece - sailboat tech for most
thru the hills first 50 km
scenic road - few shops - desolate- sourrounded by hills and greenry -
lots of north indian dhabas - meal 2 at one of them at 11.30 - dal and
roti - very nice - truckers curious - trucker happy to get call from
ashok leyland - beautiful lang
next 45 a litle barren but a light decline -used momentum riding to gain time
hardly any shops in this 95 km and only one shop selling bottled water
- very desolate road - but with lots of north dhaba - good that i had
started with 3.5 L water
next 25 from khudilgi even more desolate - not a single shop or dhaba
- running out of water and hungry as delayed food - first shop had no
bot wat or cold drink - local cold drink - need to carry water
purification stuff - had tea + bisc
next shop had cold drink - lots of drunk guys around - and getting
curious - quick exit
last 25 odd km had lots of shops - but no branded bot water and only a
few had branded cold drkl - but all of them had beer and all filled
with drunks - last patch was a bad one - ppl on road drunk and those
driving also drunk and driving like maniacs - and road was like
village road - broken and potholed
figured latet that grampanchayat elections and supposed to be dry day
hotel priyadarshini from lonely planed - ac room 1000 + tax - very neat and nice
first 50 km was the best part - had left a little late - sleep issue -
truck traffic - cardinal rule of highway cycling helpd
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1 comment:
single lane - desolate patch - drunk driving - water scarcity - it is like my favorite nightmare come true!
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