RIDE REPORT : 15th August 2010 -> Ride to Thali (Hosur)

Hi All,

Destination : Thali (near hosur)
Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/harishaksbhat/Thali#

We ( Naveen, Harsha & Me) went to a wonderful short ride covering 121 Kms. I started my ride from Konankunte as usually and came to our starting point where I meet Naveen and Harsha i.e. near Silk board fly over. Naveen and me came to the starting point at 5.45am as planned and were waiting for Harsha to join. He joined us at 6.10AM and we started off the ride at 6.11 AM towards Thali. The road to Hosur is in excellent condition as it a national highway , we reached Hosur at 7.10 AM and covered a distance of 33.4 Kms from Silk board junction.

We stopped at Saravana Bhavan Hotel to have our breakfast (idle , vada and pongal ). It was nice and tasty.

We had our breakfast and headed towards our destination for the ride – Thali . Just before Hosur Flyover there is a road to right which has leads to Thali.

Hosur to Thali road condition is excellent and it is 28.7 Kms from Hosur ( it was like to roller costar ride to Thali) . We were at a average speed of 23 kms per hour now enjoying the village side and seeing all the bill board and direction in Tamil language it was little difficult at first to make sure that we were in the right direction. Then I was able to make out Thali in Tamil on direction board by guessing and also confirming it with few localities.

Me and Harsha were ahead most of times and Naveen was behind us. Harsha is a strong ride to ride with as he got many years of riding experience on the saddle. After an hour of riding we were at Thali. There is not much to see in Thali as I enquired with some localities in Kannada J apart from a lake which is at the entrance of the village. Many people there speak Kannada as the village is based at the boarder of Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

Harsha and me spent some time waiting for Naveen to join us and had some cool drink. Harsha was talking about that he heard some riders saying that to avoid muscle cramps they have Pepsi or Coke, So we had it as well to test…. the thing was we were not that tired at all in the first place to encounter any kind of cramps….

Naveen joined us after 15min and he too had a Pepsi. We took some snaps there and left towards Anekal.

Thali to Anekal it is 19.0 km and encountered couple of uphill’s also road condition is bad for about 5 to 6 kms until we reach Karnataka check post.

From Karnataka check post to Anekal road is good and elevation of the road is not high. Initial we had seen some students in their school fields getting prepared for flag hosting, later by the day we came across lot schools celebrating Independence day by calling independence day slogans and inspirational quotes.

We stopped at Jigani for a short break , Harsha had tea while Naveen and me had Mango Sils and sweet made from dry fruits.

We headed towards Bannerghatta road taking a inside road skipping Bannerghatta Village and it was about 26.0 kms by the time we reached Gottigere on Bannerghatta road. We came across breath taking views of paddy fields also some farmers working.

After reaching Bannerghatta road Harsha rode towards his house which is located in BTM layout as it was getting late and was close to 1.00 PM. I waited for Naveen for few minutes as he was behind us.
Naveen and I rode towards Jayadeva hospital junction and I took left from Bannerghatta road towards my aunt’s place and then went to my home at 1.30PM. Later Naveen called me saying he reached his place. Overall it was a beautiful ride on Independence day.

Thanks & Regards,

Harisha K S

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