I can’t always make sound decisions.

So I said I was going to stay for about a week. A lucky guess when I picked the hotel. I was also really lucky a person cancelled and I was allowed o stay the next night.

Tranquil, friendly, no bed bugs, close to the beach, close to resturants, and all at a good price.

So I made the inordinately ridiculous decision to leave the next day.

I put the bike together in a day, bags on the forks. Ecstatic about the new forks.

I got up early ready to leave but stalled a bit over a cup of tea or 2.

I see off. Horns, people, cows, tic tucs, you name it it was happening, let’s face it I’m in India.

My Garmin crashed every time I tried to load my route. But I found a method.

I got on a ferry and followed the new route.

Incorporated a bit of off road.

But there is a horrendous problem, what already you all shout, but there is and I seem to have no way to solution, every time I go above 20kph sometimes slower I get a front end wobbly so severe fear I am in dear of loosing control. The forks seem fine off road. The usual system is to load the front end. I have done that but to no avail. Grrrrrrr.

But I met a farmer who offered and I accepted lunch, he’s a cyclist.

I rode the day, the road went up the weather was hot, I was particularly pooped. I got to the top of a hill the police there gave me tea and told me there was a town with a hotel a little further along… I rode there and there was not a hotel so I rode back a bit to where I had seen a spot I may be able to camp.

By this time it was pitch black, lucky I had the dynamo front light.

Unfortunately the spot was next to a train line….. yes every 30 mins horn blaring.

Lots of dew and mist soaked the tent.

I packed up and rode on, I had a town in mind about 50km away great rude through nature reserves wildlife sanctuaries, lush verdant rain forests.

got to Dandeli, no hotels I liked but I found a resort empty quiet. I paid and they offer me their tent. Then 10000 teenagers turned up jumped 8n the pool played loud music. Grrrrrrr I have moved my tent to a quieter spot. But there is no horns being hooted.

Oh and my Garmin will not upload.

Oh and I am struggling to get a SIM for the phone