Once again I joined “Mud Trail” group for the weekend biking
adventure. (I have suggested to change the name from “Mud Trail” to “Mud
Trailers”, let’s see till next Saturday if it happens or not?) Only five of the
Mud Trailers and me (total six) participated on that day. The gathering
point was at NTC Jwalakhel @ 6:15 AM. The trail was from Jwalakhel to Tika
Bhairav to Nallu to Lele to Taukhel (Godavari Village Resort) and back home.
The trail from Nallu to Lele and to Taukhel was new one for me. From Nallu (mathlo
Nallu) to Lele the track was through a dense pine forest, with a single
track at times not fit for even mountain bikes to tread. I would say it was a bakhra
hidne track but we saw a few people using the track as well. We could not
ride our bikes in nearly 75% of the track and had to drag our bikes. Out of
that 75% maybe in 25% of the track we had to carry our bikes on our back.
(first time for me to carry my bike, but no complains, as the bike had always
carried me previously and I thought I reciprocated back). It was more of
exploring a track inside a dense forest rather than off road biking trail. From
Lele we took the Badikhel Lele road via Kotku Bhanjyang and reached
Taukhel (Godavari Village Resort).
Let’s get into the nitty gritty details: It was
approximately ride of 54 kms; by the time I reached home it was 3 in the
afternoon. We had a cup of tea at the gathering point, breakfast at a shop in
Tika Bhairabh comprising of sel, aloo ko jhol trakari & dry chana
tarkari. By the time we reached Nallu, hunger was attacking like a fierce
tiger and we were surprised to note that there were no tea shops to cater us. Due
to this, the Mud Trailers were getting strange Mirage effect (sans
desert) seeing the small rocks on the road as shanndar Momos. But
then after digging deep in their bags, two packets of wai wai and one packet of
quick noodles and a packet of biscuit and a bar of chocolate and three packets
of “electrobion” (jeevan jal) were produced. Consuming the dry
ration, the conversation veered towards imagination of “chicken chilli (wai
wai), hyakula fry (quick noodles), biryani (biscuit) and dessert as
balck forest (chocolate)” of what we were eating. We had our lunch at Suman
Khaja Ghar next to Godavari Vallage Resort but food was far better than what
Godavari Village Resort serves. It comprised of khukura ko masu, aalo
trakari, chhoila ra chiura another spell of all dry food item. ( jhol
haleko kehi pani thiyena) Out of those items chiura was the
only one with unlimited supply.
How can I forget the pleasure of partaking natural, organic kafal,
that also after the strenuous uphill ride to Kotku Bhanjyang, straight
from the branches of Kafal tree.
Also the phone app had some problem and the route marking
from Jwalakhel could not be recorded and is recorded from Lele only. Since it
recorded less than half of our route, I did not put the other parameter recorded
by the app. Please find the link appended below.
I am working/finding out the difference on biking experience
when going in a group and going as “Lone Ranger” (I prefer to say it as “Lone
Ranger” than ‘solo’, probably influenced by Louis L’Amour).
