Practice Ride III - Dehradun-Kotdwar-Dehradun

The third practice ride was the longest ride in the series as we covered 300 kms in 8 hours. We started off from Dehradun at 0900 hrs and proceeded to Kotdwar via Haridwar. Kotdwar is a city, a municipal corporation and a tehsil in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India. It is the eighth-largest city in Uttrakhand. Its old name was "Khohdwar", which means the gateway of the river Khoh since it is located on the bank of river Khoh. 

We rode through the city and proceeded towards the road which leads to Jim Corbett National Park. After some time we came across a river in spate which was gushing through the road. There was a Forest Department Park nearby where we decided to have lunch and the ride back to Dehradun. Kotdwar was hot and humid and we were keen to leave for Dehradun as soon as we finished our lunch. Some pics of the day are as follows:

                                       The mandatory selfie at BSNL office, Dehradun

                                          At the point from where we turned back

                                                                   Butterflies Galore

                                       Whimsical Veterans contemplating the next move ?

                                                           At the park after lunch

                                      A view of the surroundings form the Forest Dept Park

                                 Sun burnt hands - a result of not using gloves while riding