This was a plan that I made during this week. Robin was asking for a group ride, mostly he calls during evening while I am busy. So, I sent this location and we set the ride plan for today. This is place is called Pirappamankaad paddy field near Attingal. I saw some other riders in Cyclotrivians group posted the ride log on this place, and I wanna go there, so this place was set as the target. It is about 40 kms from my campus.
We planned to start the ride by 5:30AM in Chullimanoor. Robin asked me to wake him up when I wake up, so I called him by 4:30 to wake him up and I got ready. I went to balcony for warming up and saw the moon to be beautiful. I took a pic of it, completed the warmup and preparation, and left the campus by 5:15. On the way to Chullimanoor, I saw the same moon in different spots, it was mesmerizing. I took a few more pics and reached Chullimanoor.
I was waiting at Chullimanoor, and saw the text from Robin that he will be coming in half an hour. I took the headphones and started enjoying to the melody songs that match with the morning vibe I was having there. Then Robin came and we started to move to Pazhakutty. In Pazhakutty, we had black coffee and continued the ride. We reached Vembayam, then Venjaramoodu and then Attingal.
In Attingal, I was a bit confused with the map location and finally gone to the spot. It was awesome! a small elevated hut in the middle of paddy field. It was like a dream location that we see only in animated movies. While we went there, a group of 4 boys came in car and went into the field before us. Robin was talkative, so he was talking quite well with them, while I was enjoying the view and ambience. We took photos and videos of the place and then we left early, because of sun. I wanted to sit there for a while then leave, but its okay, I will go there again sometime during rainy season. Because, the vibe there at that time will be unbeatable!
We started the return ride, reached Attingal and continued towards Venjaramoodu. Robin was getting muscle cramps, so we were checking for magnesium tablets on the way but couldn’t get it. We reached Venjaramoodu and had a full watermelon cut into pieces, it can be seen in the videos below. Then we continued, through another route, which is the route I wanted to check for my morning ride routes. I was lucky that I got it checked today itself.
The route was through Venjaramoodu and it connects Panavoor. I saw a detour to Vembayam on the way, so I think that is the detour I need to take to connect to Vembayam. The road was not bad, buses are going and the sceneries are beautiful. I am planning to go ride on that route tomorrow, lets see.
We reached Panavoor, and took detour to Chullimanoor, where we had a big jar of beetroot, grapes and lime mix juice. It was nice and worth 30 rupees. Then, we separated and I came to campus by around 10:40. It was an amazing place. I will go there once again during rainy season.
Below are the pics and videos I took on this ride.
Below is the Strava log of this ride.
