Back to Sholgere on bikes.

As it was Dussera we all had a few extra holidays, we called each other and set our destination to Sholgere from Kemanagundi which was our first plan, we decided upon to Sholgere as it was near and wouldn’t be much a strain on bike. We started a bit late at around 2:30pm in afternoon.

We packed ourselves better this time with tent, mats, bed sheets, grocery items for our stay and his time we also booked the IB (Information Bungalow) and there were a few people from forest department to take care of us. We reached Kanakapura at around 4:30 and from there to Sathnur by 5:00pm. We brought all that we wanted from groceries to chicken at Sathnur and packed it left as it was getting a bit dark.

We reached the top at around 6:00 and man this time the road had become from bad to worse due to rains and it was probably a test for the bikes, the slopes were very steep and with our luggage the journey was a bit tough.As soon as we reached the destination we put on the tent as it had become a bit dark and later gave the groceries to the guard to prepare food for us, they did prepare chicken masala as dry and white rice with chicken curry later.

We also put on fire camp as it was a bit cold out there but we expected much severe weather this time as it is winter time around but as it was getting darker the sky tended to become clearer and the land lit with glowing moonlight and sparkling stars.It had been a few years since I had seen so many stars in the sky and man it was perfect clear sky with a chill breeze, we had our food outside near the fire camp. Later we were treated by the guards by their folk songs sung by them and it went on till mid night. So as we were bit tired due to the journey we all slept after the folk song sessions.

We stayed there till next evening and left the place at around 4:00 pm and the weather was perfect while we were descending from the hills, with cool breeze running through our faces and the sunlight touching the top of the mountain the view was wonderful to watch, but fortunately the battery of our camera had drained out so we couldn’t capture it.

On the way back we sat at a dhaba and had food and reached home by 9:00pm, the trip was good as it had been really long time since we had a bike trip and thinking of making the next bike trip a bit longer one.