Now that the first phase of the tour is over I can give some stats. for those that are interested. We have traveled the width of India; admittedly the narrow bit in the south. We have covered 538.7 miles and have been 35 hrs 22 mins in the saddle. Our moving average speed has been 26.7 mph and overall average speed has been 15.2 mph. On the day we used quite a lot of dual carriageway our average speed increased to 32 mph. Our maximum speed has never been much higher than 65mph.
We still get a sensation of speed even though we may be plodding along at 45 mph most of the time, such are the riding conditions and the hazards we have to deal with.
The second phase is going to be a little tougher. I see we have distances of 200,86,156,131 and 40 miles this week. This would be simple on our roads back home but in the riding conditions here they are quite long. I know were will be back up in the mountains and I am looking forward to seeing the shanty town of Munnar again.
Nigel
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