From To Alleppey
From Border Hiking in Periyar Tiger Reserve
From More farmland and even more tea plantations and on to spice plantations
From From farmland to jungle to tea plantations
From The adventure begins in Mysore
From Southern India Odyssey
From Lundy 2022
From Cap Blanc-Nez
From Vertus, and Champagne!

To Alleppey

Monday, 28th November 2022

Leaving the spice plantation behind us, we started the journey toward Allepey. The smells were still amazing, with drying cardamon wafting through the air.

Border Hiking in Periyar Tiger Reserve

Sunday, 27th November 2022

On Sunday we woke to rain, which didn’t bode well for our ‘rest day’, a 15km trek in the Periyar Tiger Reserve. Fortunately the rain was warm, but it soon stopped so we didn’t really need to carry our waterproof coats and trousers all day!

More farmland and even more tea plantations and on to spice plantations

Thursday, 24th November 2022

The next day, Thursday, we cycled from Pollachi for 50km through very fertile farmlands. At one point we stopped and chatted to a couple of ladies weaving screens from palm leaves. They aim to weave about 100 in a day and they will get paid 500 rupees. They looked very happy in their task.

From farmland to jungle to tea plantations

Monday, 21st November 2022

And then on to the bikes. Our first day on the bikes, Monday, took us south of Mysore along quiet roads and through small villages. Our bikes were heavy hardtail mountain bikes, but we were grateful that they were sturdy enough to tackle the rough roads.

The adventure begins in Mysore

Sunday, 20th November 2022

The journey began as all adventures should – trains, planes, and automobiles: Derby to Birmingham, to Dubai, to Bangalore, and then on to Mysore.

Southern India Odyssey

Friday, 18th November 2022

Way back in January 2020 I had a little time on my hands. I had taken the first 3 months of 2020 off work and was due back at the beginning of April. I wanted to end the break with a holiday to remember, one full of activity and adventure.

Lundy 2022

Wednesday, 21st September 2022

Lundy is a special place – an island about three miles long and half a mile wide stuck out in the Bristol Channel about 20 miles off the Devonshire coastline; surrounded on all sides by sea cliffs and a marine wildlife sanctuary; an important sea bird (inc. the eponymous puffin) breeding location; isolated with no …

Cap Blanc-Nez

Wednesday, 24th August 2022

One final instalment to the Chamonix ’22 trip and the journey home – back when Ian and I went out to France in June we stopped in a super cheap hotel in Calais the night before our early ferry back to Dover. We ate dinner in a simple bar in town and noted that the …

Vertus, and Champagne!

Wednesday, 24th August 2022

It was time to leave Chamonix, the weather was poor there for a few days so an early escape from the rain promised sunny dry rock and adventure elsewhere. We plotted a route home via what looked like a very interesting limestone crag in the middle of the flatlands of the beautiful Champagne region…

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