Ride to Kolli Hills with BHPian friends (December 2023) continued ...
The property had a balcony from where we could enjoy the views of the mountains around
After some chit-chat sessions on various topics automobile-related and otherwise, we strolled around the property's nicely curated rock garden and its foliage
The resort had a nice tiled parking area overlooking the mountains of the Eastern ghats. We moved the bikes around to shoot some pictures against the mountains backdrop before the sun went down for the evening.
Watching the sun go down amidst the mountains and trees
After an early dinner and more chit-chat sessions we retired for the night. The next morning we took a stroll around the garden after some piping hot chai. Here are some blooming flowers from the garden in the early morning
The Ninja with the property and the backdrop of the Eastern ghats, one with the property for the memory books as is the case with most of my ride reports.
Post breakfast, we checked out and had an uneventful ride for most part of the return journey. A group picture before departing Silverline retreat, Kolli hills (courtesy
CrAzY_dRiVeR)
Here is the line-up of bikes after descending the mountain and making our way back to the expressway through the picturesque TN countryside on a gloomy afternoon
On the way back there were a couple of bursts of thundershowers between Salem and Dharmapuri. Thankfully I had rain gear in the luggage and used it for those short spells, but others in the group just waited it out and that dried the gear anyway after we passed the rain zone back into sunny areas, so in hindsight I cannot say the rain gear was really needed on this ride
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After a quick lunch pitstop at
Saisangeet Dharmapuri (Thoppur) we made our way back to Bangalore uneventfully. Here is a parting shot at Krishnagiri toll (courtesy
CrAzY_dRiVeR)
That brought an end to a short and nice overnighter group ride to Kolli hills. The tripmeter clocked a simple ~550km for this ride
And that winds up December's quota and 2023's quota of rides for the Ninja. This year has been a great ride year for the Ninja with a nice variety of landscapes, geographies, properties, rich experiences and cultural immersions!
As I speak, a bunch of us just completed a year-end 6-day ride to Konkan and Goa's west coast regions to end the year on a (riding) high. The better half and I were on our other tourer though for this one - the CB500X. The full ride report for that should be out on
CrAzY_dRiVeR's Tiger 660 ownership thread.
2024 promises to be another fantastic year for fun-packed sport-touring, and the better half has already curated a lovely season-wise riding calendar of destinations and properties for trips on the Ninja in 2024, beginning January and continuing frequently for the rest of the year. Plenty of ride reports to come! Until my next post, thanks for reading!