September 8, 2023
Day - 7 (Hubballi to Belagavi)
Today was the latest I had started (1230 pm). Knees were aching and I wasn't able to sit anymore. But I needed to get my hometown and it was only 60 miles away.
And, today was all highway miles albeit with one big ghat (hilly section). Rest was all rolling hills.
I stopped to buy these local guavas at Navalur and after hearing that I was biking from Bengaluru, she gifted me another guava. Then she mentioned how she walks some 450-500 km every year to this religious temple (Pandarpur).
I was happy to know the local language and have more and more such human -human interactions.
During the initial days, I was getting upset because so many would stop and talk to me. And, they would delay me every day..then I realised the purpose I ride a fat bike is to have such interactions and know the place, people at a different level.
I was happy to see the state capitol building ( the second one in my state). This meant, the hilly ghat was behind me and I was less than an hour from my dad's place.
Today's ride: 96 km (60 miles)
Total: 717 km (445 miles)
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