A Drive That Taught Me A Lesson
Let me narrate to you the story of my recent bike ride to the hills of Yelagiri. It was Saturday noon when I left Bangalore with a friend and headed towards Yelagiri. The weather was a little humid and we were confident that the 170 km ride would be peaceful, keeping in mind the heavy downpour in the city since a couple of days. We were just about to complete 10 kms when it started to rain. Although the rain was not heavy, it was enough to slow our pace and completely drench us. A couple of minutes later, we were driving at the Electronics City flyover and the rain was ferocious. However, we did not stop our ride and continued. We reached Hosur town in about 15 minutes and by this time, the rain had stopped and it was a bit sunny. The weather remained the same till Krishnagiri, about 45 kms from Hosur, and our clothes were partially dried. After taking a few minutes break at Krishnagiri, we headed to our destination, which was another 90 kms away now. We had covered just a few ki