Ride to Horsley Hills and a visit to Arokyavaram Medical Center, Madanapalle.
A sudden plan and a mad rush not to miss a chance for a long ride ended up in the roads leading to Horsley hills from Vellore. Samson visa had come and he was expected to fly as early as possible to join a 5-star hotel chain at Angola, Africa. It means he would be unavailable to join me for long rides, at least for the next three months. With limited days in hand, we decided to make a one-day return ride to Horsley hills which was 170 km away. As usual, we wanted to visit a Christian mission field as well and hence Arokyavaram sanatorium came into our plan. The Ride 31 July 2019 I started at 4am from Kasam, Vellore and reached Samson's house by 4.08 am. After a small prayer for a safe journey, we hit the roads. In a few minutes, Samson told he has hit the reserve and went to fill petrol in a nearby bunk. we started again towards Chittoor. The road was very bad between Katpadi to Chittoor as the road work was in progress. After Chittoor, the road was smooth on most of