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Warning: poor quality of the pictures due to a low end cam.
The last time I did a 100km + ride was in May08. And due to various reasons I could not do a similar ride for long. I was terribly missing the feel of the wind passing thru me or hitting a ton. I desperately needed a ride and I chose Shirgaon as it fits the distance limit I had in mind.
Shirgaon is a fort captured by the great Shivaji and used to monitor the shore. Though I was warned by few Xbhpian in the Offline Mumbai g2g thread that the destination is not exciting , proceeded with the hope that the journey will cheer me. And so it did.
I started at 6am to beat the early traffic. But much to my surprise, there was heavy traffic on NH8 till Virar. I should have guessed it considering that it is the road that connects Surat and Mumbai. Thankfully, after Virar it got better and till Manor I was comfortably doing 80-90.
Few pics enroute
At the toll gate after Virar I noticed few SBKer in my RVM. I could see 3 of them. Few meters after they stopped and I realized that they were waiting for few other to join. I went ahead and thought of catching them in action. The camera unfortunately wasn't capable. here is a glimpse. I could make out R1, a Gixxer and a Triumph. There were two more I could not take a good look at
After I took the diversio from Manor, the road between Manor and Palghar was a bliss. a small ghat section of around 3-4 km reminded me of Lavasa. Lavasa was more fun but this one was entertaining too.
I reached there by 8:45am with a good number of breaks for pictures. I reached this place from where I was redirected to the fort
It was high school on the beach. I wish I had my schooling at a school like this
The beach. Not the kind you can take a dip in, let me warn you.
And then I reach the fort
the restoration work wasn't impressive
This is a behind the fort. There were so many of these mules.
Adios
Return trip was quick also because of the sun. It was fine as long as I was on the move. If I had to stop for a while, the heat becomes unbearable. Especially when you are entangled in the whole "Jacket-Helmet-Glasses-Music player" set up. Took me around 1h45mins to do 100km including a quick 're-hydration' break. returned back by 11:30. short and sweet ride.
Statistics
Kms - 200
time - 2hr45 mins to Shirgaon and 1hr50min on the way back.
best section: ghat section nearly 4-5 kms before Palghar
The last time I did a 100km + ride was in May08. And due to various reasons I could not do a similar ride for long. I was terribly missing the feel of the wind passing thru me or hitting a ton. I desperately needed a ride and I chose Shirgaon as it fits the distance limit I had in mind.
Shirgaon is a fort captured by the great Shivaji and used to monitor the shore. Though I was warned by few Xbhpian in the Offline Mumbai g2g thread that the destination is not exciting , proceeded with the hope that the journey will cheer me. And so it did.
I started at 6am to beat the early traffic. But much to my surprise, there was heavy traffic on NH8 till Virar. I should have guessed it considering that it is the road that connects Surat and Mumbai. Thankfully, after Virar it got better and till Manor I was comfortably doing 80-90.
Few pics enroute
At the toll gate after Virar I noticed few SBKer in my RVM. I could see 3 of them. Few meters after they stopped and I realized that they were waiting for few other to join. I went ahead and thought of catching them in action. The camera unfortunately wasn't capable. here is a glimpse. I could make out R1, a Gixxer and a Triumph. There were two more I could not take a good look at
After I took the diversio from Manor, the road between Manor and Palghar was a bliss. a small ghat section of around 3-4 km reminded me of Lavasa. Lavasa was more fun but this one was entertaining too.
I reached there by 8:45am with a good number of breaks for pictures. I reached this place from where I was redirected to the fort
It was high school on the beach. I wish I had my schooling at a school like this
The beach. Not the kind you can take a dip in, let me warn you.
And then I reach the fort
the restoration work wasn't impressive
This is a behind the fort. There were so many of these mules.
Adios
Return trip was quick also because of the sun. It was fine as long as I was on the move. If I had to stop for a while, the heat becomes unbearable. Especially when you are entangled in the whole "Jacket-Helmet-Glasses-Music player" set up. Took me around 1h45mins to do 100km including a quick 're-hydration' break. returned back by 11:30. short and sweet ride.
Statistics
Kms - 200
time - 2hr45 mins to Shirgaon and 1hr50min on the way back.
best section: ghat section nearly 4-5 kms before Palghar
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