Thread: A unplanned RIde."YERCAUD".A ride for sake of riding

THE TEASER

Once again my fingers on the key board to post one more wonderful experience of riding to a virgin hillstation of tamilnadu, called “yercaud” ..Its also a has an another name “POOR MAN’S OOTY”.






I have never been to ooty still now so not going to compare it,but what could enjoy,the narrow twisty roads,the deadly hairpin bends, the cold weather,the virgin nature,we are going to enjoy one more time but virtually :P …











Enjoy the teaser....

travelogue approved.

p.s.: why there is such a big watermark on all your pictures? are you using any paid software to batch process your files?

you can try irfanview or faststone image viewer. both are free and capable. Will do 99% of your basic editing work, including batch processing, renaming, resizing.. etc. I am using FSstone personally.

Originally Posted by hhsplendor

This one looks promising... Nice pics buddy..

But those watermarks are killing the photos.,.
Try free softwares like as suggested by Sunilg..

Aha! Memories refreshed!

Seems the place has got all its water back!
(I went in the dry season... Even the waterfalls were dry)

Bring it on bro.... Use IrfanView/Photomatix Pro for batch processing...
For the rest you have Photoshop CS versions.

Happy riding.

Originally Posted by sunilg

travelogue approved.

p.s.: why there is such a big watermark on all your pictures? are you using any paid software to batch process your files?

you can try irfanview or faststone image viewer. both are free and capable. Will do 99% of your basic editing work, including batch processing, renaming, resizing.. etc. I am using FSstone personally.

Offtopic: Nothing beats Imagemagick for batch processing of photos. Its a commandline software but you can quickly cook up commands to do standard stuff like resize (and change quality) of all images following certain name patterns, etc.

Originally Posted by sunilg

travelogue approved.

p.s.: why there is such a big watermark on all your pictures? are you using any paid software to batch process your files?

you can try irfanview or faststone image viewer. both are free and capable. Will do 99% of your basic editing work, including batch processing, renaming, resizing.. etc. I am using FSstone personally.

Thank you for quick approving ...
I got a new software ,which does not create this watermark problem, but this is my old travelogue ,I have prepaired this long time ago.
But I could not post in this forum because I thought this small 500kms rides posting is appropriate or not..
So I am posting it late.. sorry..

Originally Posted by gmagesh14

This one looks promising... Nice pics buddy..

But those watermarks are killing the photos.,.
Try free softwares like as suggested by Sunilg..

Thank you...

Originally Posted by Divya Sharan

Aha! Memories refreshed!

Seems the place has got all its water back!
(I went in the dry season... Even the waterfalls were dry)

Bring it on bro.... Use IrfanView/Photomatix Pro for batch processing...
For the rest you have Photoshop CS versions.

Happy riding.

Thank you..
No even I went in late winter,no water falls..

Originally Posted by MHG

Offtopic: Nothing beats Imagemagick for batch processing of photos. Its a commandline software but you can quickly cook up commands to do standard stuff like resize (and change quality) of all images following certain name patterns, etc.

Ohh sure I will try the software ..

I can feel my CraZy-ness of motorcycle touring,. In vellore my road of life starts and continues in a exponential manner..
1.palamathi hills (23*2=46kms) 2.kavalur(55*2=110kms) [where I met accident]

3.pondichery (180*2=360kms) 4.yelagiri(102*2=204kms)

5.mahabalipuram (135*2=270kms) 6.bengaloru(230*2=460kms) 3times

7.hogenekkal (576kms total)

8.Ramanagara(650kms & 1 n8 stay)

9.yearcaud(492 total) 10.kalryan & yercaud hill (770kms total)

11.kollihills (350*2=700kms & 1 n8 stay)

12.trivandum (870*2=1740km & 2 n8 stay @ tvm )
In every ride my friend is my loved Bajaj Platina 125cc.
Now its about to clock 17,000kms mark & its 19 moths old...

From here only you can find that the travelogue is old..
But sure I am gonna post all the travelogues here......

Originally Posted by sunilg

p.s.: why there is such a big watermark on all your pictures? are you using any paid software to batch process your files?

you can try irfanview or faststone image viewer. both are free and capable. Will do 99% of your basic editing work, including batch processing, renaming, resizing.. etc. I am using FSstone personally.

Sunil, I too use FastStone, its simply outstanding. I got hold of all the commands and its a cakewalk processing the images.

HHSplendor, nice images, except for the sore watermark. Was expecting a cloudy and green photos, and just realized its an old ride.

Originally Posted by ravi@17bhp

HHSplendor, nice images, except for the sore watermark. Was expecting a cloudy and green photos, and just realized its an old ride.

This is just a teaser ,more photos and the travelogue are on the way
....

I traveled this place on 26th feb,2012..

But now its time to visit "yercaud" one more but virtually ,as I promised ..

Preparation :
I did't prepare for this trip.I did't have any maps,any gps,my bike was not serviced,even engine oil was 1400km old..

Mainly I was not ready for this trip..

Story behind:
There is always a story behind the seen ...
In my university I stay outside not in hostel as they don't allow my Bike.So in the weekend my friend Sid comes to my place and we watch movies at night and enjoy .
But travelers heart don't want to stay in home ..

26th feb,2012.Friday night we watched movie and slept at late night.
At morning 5am(27th feb,2012)
Sid: chol ghure aasi(lets go somwhere)
me: aree ghumiye pord(aree sleep na)
sid : (opening my leaptop searching in google.)
aree get up and search some places..
Me : today 5pm I have a meeting.
Sid :we will come back.
Me : (full in form)
(after searching Tamilnadu govt site find out this place yercaud)


to break the monotony

Ride:
we were prepared in half an hour,and started the journey toward yercaud .
The total distance was nearly 230kms,out of them 90 kms is only NH,others 95kms was state highway,and rest was hill..

On the way we started speeding nearly 85kmph to cover up the NH distance because after that we dont have the info abt the road condition ..

On tha way we took breakfast with chai and bread and peanut butter,which we had in our bag..

Now its show time.. :arrow:


entering to pagoda view point


some unforgettable moment


views :arrow:






in and around


a closed temple








the rider with glory in heart






then started our journey










the roads we enjoyed




here also boating...




water ways..

Half of the trip is left, lot more we have to travel...