The Touring Trotters
3 girls from Peckham; 1 rickshaw; 3500km across India
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The finish line
3 girls from Peckham; 1 rickshaw; 3500km across India. We did this. And with 2 days to spare. To all those who said this was a bad idea for an all-girl team: eat your words. It was actually another all-girl…
Read MoreRickshaw Run Day 12
Starting point: Vatakara, Kerala Finishing point: Cochin, Kerala Distance covered today: ~360km Total distance covered: ~3120km Number of breakdowns: 0…Mr Robbie Reliable Vatakara to Cochin. This was the beginning of the end. We knew that all being well, we would…
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Starting point: Udupi, Karnataka Finishing point: Vatakara, Kerala Distance covered today: ~350km Total distance covered: ~2760km Number of breakdowns: 0…c’mom Robbie….keep on rolling Udupi to Vatakara. This was a day of epic driving. Lots of hot, sweaty driving. And confusion….
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Starting point: Palolem, Goa Finishing point: Udupi, Kanartarka Distance covered today: 330km Total distance covered: ~2410km Number of breakdowns: 1 Palolem to Udupi. We didn’t quite match the early start of previous days. It was just too difficult to drag…
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Starting point: Palolem, Goa Finishing point: Palolem, Goa Distance covered today: 0km Total distance covered: ~2080km Number of breakdowns: 0, Robbie spent the day with the mechanic having his piston replaced Palolem to…err…Palolem. We didn’t move a muscle from the…
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Starting point: Kudal, Maharashtra Finishing point: Palolem, Goa Distance covered today: ~160km under our own steam + 20km under somebody else’s Total distance covered: ~2080km Number of breakdowns: 1 (big problem) Kudal to Palolem. Life is cruel. We were on…
Read MoreRickshaw Run Day 7
Starting point: Mahad, Maharashtra Finishing point: Kudal, Maharashtra Distance covered today: ~320km Total distance covered: ~1900km Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood), but we did have to stop for a mechanic to replace a screw in Robbie’s wobbly nose Mahad…
Read MoreRickshaw Run Day 6
Starting point: Pen Finishing point: Mahad Distance covered today: ~220km Total distance covered: ~1580km Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood), but we arranged for Robbie to have a full 4.5 hour service Pen to Mahed. This day was a major…
Read MoreRickshaw Run Day 5
Starting point: Danam, Gujarat Finishing point: Pen, Maharashtra Distance covered today: ~300km Total distance covered: ~1360km Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood), but Robbie is labouring on the hills, rattles at 40kph, drifts to the right and his brake is…
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Starting point: Vadodara, Gujarat Finishing point: Daman, Gujarat Distance covered today: ~310km Total distance covered: ~1060km Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood) Vadodara to Daman. On a motorway. There were many hairy moments. Mostly involving trucks trying to squish us,…
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Starting point: Palanpur, Gujarat Finishing point: Vadodara, Gujarat Distance covered today: ~290km Total distance covered: ~750km Number of breakdowns: 0 (touch wood), but we had to get a new horn, weld the battery back on and fix the silencer Palanpur…
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Starting point: Barmer, Rajasthan Finishing point: Palanpur, Gujarat Distance covered today: ~300km Total distance covered: ~460km Number of breakdowns: 0 (touchwood), but we suffered from intermittent horn action So, Barmer to Palanpur. What can we say? It was Baltic in…
Read MoreThe rickshaw
According to the Adventurists: ‘With a pounding heart of 145.45cc pushing 7hp of raw power to three tiny wheels, the humble auto-Rickshaw is a feat of non-engineerance. Loud, uncomfortable, prone to breaking down a lot and completely useless at protecting…
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The Touring Trotters 