Escape to Dodi

This entry was posted on September 22, 2015 by Neeraj Alia.

On Saturday, 12th September, a group of 8 cycling enthusiasts embarked on a 100 Kilometers joy ride to Dodi, a place situated at a mid way of Bhopal and Indore.

Our group of cycling Enthusiasts, nicknamed "The New Golfers" organized a bike trip to a Highway resort at Dodi, which is about 100 Kms from Bhopal. This was going to be a “first ever 100 kms cycling experience” for most of our group members who showed up on the day for this particular trip.

[START] Bhopal (Chunabhatti) --> VIP Road --> Bairagarh--> Fanda --> Crescent (Sehore) --> Barkhedi --> Astha --> Dodi [END] Schedule

The Trip was planned by our captain and chief motivator, Mr. Chandra Mauli Shukla, who ensured all the logistics are in place and an active participation from members.

On Saturday, six members assembled at Chunabhatti. We began our journey at around 5:30 A.M. from Chunabhatti. Two more members joined us at V.I.P road. Atmosphere was just perfect and pleasant as it should be in an early Morning. We rode till Bairagarh, our next stop fairly quickly and halted for 5 minutes to have tea.

From Bairagarh we progressed further to Fanda, our next stopover for water and refreshment. So far we covered ground of 30 kms and at this point two of our members left back for Bhopal to meet some pre planned engagements later in the day.

Rest six of us proceeded ahead towards Crescent resort in Sehore, the midpoint of our journey. We reached there at 8:45 A.M. and the weather was still pleasant, perfect for a cycle tour. We decided to step up the speed and pedal faster as the day was sunny and it would get hotter to make it difficult for us to pedal on after 10:00-10:30.

We left from Crescent around 9:00 A.M, and rode for next hour and half to our next stopover at Barkhedi . As expected, it got bit hot and pedaling on road was getting tougher due to hot weather. From here onwards, we decided to stop every 10 kms or so for water and refreshments so that no one gets dehydrated.

Ultimately around 1:00 P.M. we reached our destination. Our first Century Ride of the Group.