This sunday i decided to goto kudremukh its just around 120kms from where i stay, but unfortunately did not get up early as planned so i just gave up on the plan but around 12 in the noon i got really bored and i remembered those days when i used to travel 120 kms on my cycle! so i decided to go at any cost and took a shower and left at 1 pm from my house, stopped several places for some tea and water and reached moodbidri in around 1.5 hrs the roads are just too good, its green everywhere and the winding roads just want you to ride on and on. stopped here for a quick lunch and entered the kudremukh wildlife santuary at around 3:30, from there the ride was even more beautiful but i skipped a turn and started heading towards sringeri instead of kudremukh! realized that after some 10kms then turned around and reached the lakya dam around 5 and took a few stops to get some clicks and enjoy the place . then reached kudremukh and had some tea and bhajjis and left there at 6 and it was the right time as the sun was going down, that 15-20 mins of ride when the sky was turning orange and chilling breeze from the forests gushing through you was relaxing. by the time i finished the ghats it got dark and took one final stop and while returning i did not take the interior routes as it was dark and i was late so took a SH which connected to NH and reached home by 8. overall a really good short trip and will be going again soon but this time im planning a 2 day trip atleast to bhadra wildlife sanctuary or some other sanctuary. here are the links to the pics, did not have a good camera managed to use my phone itself, sorry for the bad quality.



I need some advice from the experts, as this is my first solo trip i had some problems and would like to know if you guys have any solution for them:
1. my back and my bottoms start to hurt after around 1.5 hrs non stop.
2.night riding was kinda scary as there was no proper lighting even on my p220, do u advice i change my lights?
3.if i go for 2 or more day solo rides, what all do i need to be aware of?
any other advice is also welcome

thanks, hope you enjoy.