As it wasn’t too far from Palakkad to Thrissur I left the Fort Palace Hotel quite late to allow maximum drying time for my kit. The hotel staff had suggested that I get the jeans, boxers and shirt pressed as this would help dry them a little more. It worked pretty much for the shirt and boxers, but the jeans were definitely still very damp. Jeans are always slow to dry, especially these jeans as they’re lined with kevlar cloth so that they won’t wear through in the event of me coming off the bike (not that I’m planning to of course!). There was nothing for it but to put them on anyway. Although it wasn’t raining when I left Palakkad I decided to put my waterproof on from the start after the previous days experience! Not that it helped much in the end! Continue reading →