Best Western Hunky Dory Resort and Spa. Km 34 from Pathankot. Thursday 22nd June, 2016. 32.1 km today. (Wow!) Average speed: Not very much. Saving the current track to a file, then clearing the current track means I lose access to useful data such as elevation gained, average speed, etc. All I can get from the …
Wednesday 6th August, Killar – Sohal (plus a bit) This is the section of road that I’ve been waiting so long for! Although the early part of the day was pretty ugly… I’d promised myself a 6:00 am start but hadn’t really believed it. Not bad though; I was ready to order cheese omelette and …
Saturday 2nd August, Udaipur to Shour Good morning, Udaipur. Started with a little tarmac but it was just to tease. The rest of the day was rocky, sandy, windy, bumpy, tiring. It’s nice to see trees again after the almost total absence in Spiti. The valley narrowed and was probably quite pretty but it was …
Friday 1st August, Keylong – Udaipur Udaipur is a well-known and beautiful city in Rajasthan. This isn’t that Udaipur. Not too early a start – breakfast around 8:30 am. No hurry, the hospital surgery won’t be open until ten-ish. I was there in time to bounce a baby on my knee for a while. It …
Friday 25th July, 2014. Lots of tarmac and still spectacular views as Brian and I headed towards Keylong. But the magic of Spiti was missing. More traffic and hot but that wasn’t the reason. Spiti is special. I get the feeling that a lot of this traffic is going all the way to Ladakh so …
Thursday 24th July, 2014 The goats are only here in Spiti for two months in the summer. Then the shepherds walk them back to Kashmir, a few hundred difficult kilometres to the west. We discussed but didn’t seriously consider spending the night at this little place. It’s a wonderful location, alone in the mountains, across …
Wednesday 23rd July, 2014. Bumpy. Bumpiest yet. Wet. Wettest yet. Generally downhill. 600m descent, one bump at a time. Relentlessly beautiful scenery. Love it!!! Downhill, so I can keep up with Brian. For a while, anyway ;) It’s always a bit of a surprise to see the daily bus on this road. But they race …
30.9 km, 7.15 kph, 802 km so far. A big day today – over the Kunzum La at 4550m. Highest so far and, because I’m not planning on the Manali-Leh ride with its 5300m passes, this will be the highest of the trip. It’s uphill so this is probably the last I see of Brian …
Sunday 20th July 2014, Kaza-Lossar An entertaining start to the day: I went to the German bakery for eggs, toast and coffee, and to pick up some bread rolls and yak cheese for lunch on the road. While at the counter to pick up my cheese, I heard noise and the shuffling of chairs behind …
Friday 18th – Saturday 19th July 2014. Kaza, Ki and Kibber. We had all planned a sight-seeing day for Friday. Brian and Josie, who did not know each other before the start of their ride only a couple of weeks ago, decided that they didn’t really want to know each other any longer, so Josie …
Thursday 17th July, 2014. 48.6 km, 9.37 kph, 708 km so far. Another splendid day! A mani wall; keep left. Two men resting for lunch at the side of the road invite me for a cup of chai. Why not? I’m sure the water is boiled ;) Then back on the ‘road.’ It’s threatening to …