Day 3 - Colva to Palolem (Wednesday 28th Jan)
I've already managed to give a little run down of Day 3, although I must admit that I was pretty tired at the time and as a consequence there were a couple of important things that I failed to mention. Firstly, that I have named my motorbike. She's called Bessy :) After spending a couple of days with her, the name really seems to fit. Inspired by the mount of the famous highway man Dick Turpin, Black Bess was a reliable form of transport. Although I'm not planning on carrying out any robberies, if I don't find an ATM in the next couple of days, I may have to. The second piece of information I failed to divulge was that Bess and I briefly parted company whilst going round a corner. It was a pretty pathetic off really, we'd just negotiated a tough off road section, so I was obviously feeling pretty pleased with myself and had let my concentration levels drop a little. The consequence being that I slightly underestimated the sharpness of a corner. I nearly managed to correct it, but went for a handful of front brake on very slippery ground and rather quickly found myself in a ditch at the side of the road. Luckily, having all the gear on, I'm absolutely fine, and Bess only had a slightly bent footpeg which a couple of well aimed kicks managed to correct. It does shake your confidence a little coming off, and I was pretty edgy for the rest of the day and took it easy.
I've already managed to give a little run down of Day 3, although I must admit that I was pretty tired at the time and as a consequence there were a couple of important things that I failed to mention. Firstly, that I have named my motorbike. She's called Bessy :) After spending a couple of days with her, the name really seems to fit. Inspired by the mount of the famous highway man Dick Turpin, Black Bess was a reliable form of transport. Although I'm not planning on carrying out any robberies, if I don't find an ATM in the next couple of days, I may have to. The second piece of information I failed to divulge was that Bess and I briefly parted company whilst going round a corner. It was a pretty pathetic off really, we'd just negotiated a tough off road section, so I was obviously feeling pretty pleased with myself and had let my concentration levels drop a little. The consequence being that I slightly underestimated the sharpness of a corner. I nearly managed to correct it, but went for a handful of front brake on very slippery ground and rather quickly found myself in a ditch at the side of the road. Luckily, having all the gear on, I'm absolutely fine, and Bess only had a slightly bent footpeg which a couple of well aimed kicks managed to correct. It does shake your confidence a little coming off, and I was pretty edgy for the rest of the day and took it easy.
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sounds like you are coping with adversity really well- glad you and Bessy ok after slight tumble. All the photos are of course on our laptops over here so can't be a prob retrieving then when you are back in uk!
ReplyDeleteSnow here, such a contrast to India
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