Tour of Anchetty

An exploratory ride to Anchetty

Anchetty is a small town in Tamil Nadu, unremarkable in most aspects except that it has become the destination for many moderately tough rides from Bangalore. Anchetty is about 490m above MSL (Bangalore is about 850m but the road to Anchetty and back crosses so many hills that the ride begins to feel like a rollercoaster - going up one minute and down the next. Given this fact, it became an attractive candidate for a 200KM brevet route (IISc to IISc) and we set out to recce a proposed route, part of which was visible in Google maps' satellite imagery, but not marked as a road...

Northwest Exploratory

Rode towards the northwest last sunday, going past Madhure towards the Doddaballapur - Dobbespet Highway, and returned via Gollahalli and Tharabanahalli. Detailed report later. Some photos in the meantime...

Gollahally Exploratory Ride

After a long break from riding I finally got back in the saddle. Decided to explore the northwest area - the region beyond Hessarghatta.
There is a small trail / mud road that crosses the railway lines near Tharabanahalli on Hessarghatta main road.Found a nice loop to Gollahalli then back via Hessarghatta, totalling 60KM, IISc to IISc.

Railway bridge over the Arkavathy

A quick stop for some rest under a shady tree. At right is the other 'broken bridge'. Interestingly, there are two bridges in the vicinity that seem to be permanently damaged.

The 'Pipeline' in Pipeline Road...