Teenage Anecdote 1 - Runaway Cycling Expedition
I would like to share two interesting incidents which occurred in my teens. The first one relates to a cycling expedition and the other to a "jam fruit" plucking incident from Ruparel College botanical garden. The "jam fruit" incident will be in the next post. Cycling Expedition It was January of 1979, Sunday - nice and cold, and my circle of friends (Two Girish's, Vivek, Arvind and Yeshwant) was extremely fit. We used to exercise at Talwalkars and I used to train for the half mile and mile event for University and State. In those days I used to run 15 rounds of Shivaji Park in one and a half hours. Five of us decided to take our bicycles and go to Vashi Creek bridge and return. Of these four bikes were relatively new, and one was an old bike but in good condition. We used to service our bicyles ourselves and decided to carry a puncture repair kit just in case. Of the five, Yeshwant was not into physical fitness like we were, but neither was he a pushover (he ha...