Best hotel in town but only for 1 night.

They were a good family to stay with. I was off to Madikeri. A beautiful hill top fortress (I forgot this fact later).

My routes are designed by my Garmin and on the whole have been fantastic. I do ask for wiggly lines (usually indicating hill climbs or descents) but today’s was a killer. Once again the scenery was outstanding. This is coffee country (surprised – who knew?) There are never ending coffee plantations they do like to grow a tripple harvest, coconuts, then pepper creeping up the coconut trees and in the gaps between coffee. Much of the verges are manicured beautifully and a hedge surround.

I am riding somewhere between 900m and 1200m. And my route is southerly. It’s a bit flatter inland and on the coast, but I of course have to pick a mountain range to ride down. But views and scenery to die for.

I rode a leisurely ride stopping for coffee, tea and food at will in the morning. Some serious ascents and decent , some off road (And some wrong so I had to push the bike back up) thus all took up so much time.

Estimated 120km today. I keep an eye on distance and eta. I can see it’s getting tight. So I quicken the pace, really my legs don’t want to do this. Anyway as always the last 20km is a sprint against the setting sun, in this case up hill seriously steep, grrrrrr.

As I got into Madikeri, I met a German guy living here, I asked about a hotel he said the view was good at the Hotel Mayura Valley View Madikeri, so here I am, it’s pitch black I hope it’s worth it in the morning, most expensive in town.

Bugger, why am I knackered, sore and ready for a rest again …. But I am loving it.

I discovered one of the wires ripped out of the terminal on my dynamo. My chief engineer reckons the flex of the Lauf fork may have ripped it grrrrrr. I uploaded 2 pictures and Strava but WordPress won’t let me do the rest.