ok it’s been sometime since we have had internet, yesterday we stayed in Valpari in the tea plantation, having ridden from Black thunder, firstly let’s cover the two nights at Black thunder I think it could be judged a great success, even though we had to get up at silly o’clock to catch the steam train ,everyone thought it was worth it.

Our ride from Black thunder lived up to its name as we hit a rain storm like nothing you have seen before, rain so heavy it was bouncing off the roads a good foot, and so intense