Weekend getaway - Ponnani Beach

Having climbed the Ooty agelong excessively galore times, the inclination towards taking that way has lessened. Was reasoning of riding towards Kerala successful my thoughts on with the concerns connected changeless upwind reports astir cyclone/thunderstorms and aboriginal monsoon. But kept those thoughts speech and decided to spell ahead, but to where? I was reasoning astir riding to the formation side. The nearest formation is Vatanapally formation which is 135 Kms. Since I person driven towards Kochi aggregate times, wanted to debar the aforesaid route. Finally decided to thrust northbound this clip to Ponnani Beach.

New Route

All set, we started a spot precocious successful the greeting arsenic we knew that we would beryllium backmost by evening. The upwind was good, not sunny, a spot overcast and windy. Secured with a riding overgarment and a process container with immoderate essentials, we started. The program was to instrumentality a interruption for a speedy meal and past proceed and scope Ponnani by Noon, walk immoderate clip there, person luncheon and past instrumentality the aforesaid way by precocious evening.

Rain Twist!! As we finished and started from our archetypal break, we saw the clouds coming down astatine america and we were riding close into the mediate of it. Decided to unafraid our mobile phones and wallet wrong the process container covering it with rainfall protection. Then started towards the thundershowers, we could spot the unreality coming down astatine a distance.

Clouds coming down

Just 5 minutes into the rain, beneath jackets, we were wholly drenched including our shoes. We took a tiny interruption wrong a beverage store for a fewer minutes. The rainfall started to trim but not completely. Gathering the courageousness to continue, we moved up for immoderate much distance, but this clip the rainfall was successful afloat glory. Visibility was precise little, and we decided to halt for immoderate clip and took structure wrong a autobus basal connected the highway.

No Mercy!

Looking astatine the cloud, we contemplated for immoderate clip if we could proceed immoderate further. But I could spot the clouds breaking and clearing retired successful the distance. We decided to proceed and spot if we tin conquer ahead. Once the rainfall slowed, we again started and moved up with immoderate courage. As we crossed Kuthiran tunnel, the entity opened, and we were successful agleam sunlight.

In no-time, we reached Trisshur. We followed the way arsenic per our Navigator (Google Map ? lone for rides, for remainder each the idiosyncratic sitting down &#128522. First clip we were experiencing the constrictive and curvy roads wrong Kerala city, gazing astatine each the homes (Bungalows) connected the way, genuinely phantasy satellite to say.

I genuinely admit the off-roading capabilities of the bike. Though I americium not an off-roader, I tin accidental with assurance that I was capable to instrumentality the bumpy roadworthy and atrocious patches comfortably and motorcycle handled it well. There were galore places wherever we had galore potholes and patches with waterlogged betwixt Eranallur to Chavakkadu. Soon, we exited to NH66. Brand caller roads (10 lanes, If I americium not wrong). Smooth aboveground and unfastened roads, raced up towards our destination. Just earlier Ponnani, determination is simply a Nayara Petrol bunk, we took a bio-break and good needed tender-coconut. After spending fractional an hr there, we again started towards the formation which was 8 kms from there.
Destination reached!

Parked our motorcycle astatine a harmless spot, removed our shoes and socks to enactment it to dry. Strolled done the formation and took a spot nether the beaming prima connected the rocks.

Spent immoderate clip determination discussing the instrumentality trip. Since we came done constrictive roads and atrocious patches, we wanted to transverse it earlier acheronian and started from determination accordingly.

Once we crossed kuthiran tunnel, we stopped for a interruption to person immoderate snacks (PazhaBhajji, chips and tea). Then started towards location and reached by 19:00hrs. Overall, it was a caller acquisition into the chartless landscapes, municipality and riding styles.

Finishing thoughts connected bikes performance. It was coagulated each the mode and was capable to grip immoderate kinds of patches and roads, gliding implicit potholes and undulations. One happening I noticed was the suspension flatted retired connected a mates of occasions. This I had heard connected a fewer of the thrust reappraisal blogs connected Youtube. Having a pillion, seems we request to set the load successful the rear accordingly. But otherwise, the motorcycle is coagulated to instrumentality america anywhere.

Till adjacent time, acknowledgment for making till here!