Saturday 4th

We have arrived at the Monnarch Hotel Ooty safe and well. Some of the bikes however require attention and I can see that the support crew are working on the bikes as I write. Gordon's bike in particular had to be taken off the road and substituted with the spare bike, a nice looking original Bullet in red livery. If there has to be a theme for the day then I would say that it would be pot holes and speed ramps. Both of these hazards can have a detrimental effect on handling and are painful especially with the less than refined suspension on the Enfields. They were hard to see in the shadows in the forests we were travelling through.As we climbed up the mountain on the meandering roads; many surfaces have been affected by the monsoon and have been washed away in places. We have covered about 80 miles today through spectacular scenery. The weather was just like summer, it has got cooler as we have climbed. We are now at 7600 feet. Fleeces are in evidence. We hope to hit Ooty for our evening meal rather than eat in. Gordon has just informed me that it was not his piston that had broke but the crank shaft so it may be more thsn an overnight repair.