If you've ever seen the film "The Man Who Would Be King" (based on a story by Kipling) you might remember a character called Daniel Drabot a Scotsman who fell in love with India and knows it from top to bottom. Together he and Peachy and their side kick "Billy Fish" set out to rule the area known as Kafiristan. It's a great film and I highly recommend it.
Anyway, our team leader Alex of who I wrote about in an earlier posting, is a larger than life character who also came to India several years ago (on the same Enduro trip as this) and fell in love with the country. He's now the Enduro manager for the whole of India and with several Indian expeditions every year he's based in Goa from where he travels the country from north to south. Alex starts our day with details of the ride and what we expect to see on route. He does it with such passion, you can see he loves what he does and the country he works in. .
For Peachy we have Steve, also recruited via an Enduro Himalaya event, who accompanies many of the Enduro rides in other parts of the world. And for Billy we have Colin, although I bet Billy could not conceive of riding an Enfield as skillfully as our Colin, who zips up and down the procession of riders at such a pace that no one can keep up with him.
Between them, and the rest of the team of mechanics, medics and other support staff, they rule this part of Himachal Pradesh; well certainly the roads we're on.
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