[SVK Rider]

Sorry I was out of Town for official tour.
I am in for the day meet in AHD.

OVERNIGHT MEET :

Deluxe cottage at WBTDC- (Rs 2500 with 15% discount excluding tax and food, only breakfast included.)

1. dj78 (Dhruba) - Dzire Vxi (2 adults + 2 kids)

2. PapaBravo - Duster/ Atis- Tuv300 /Dip27 BMW

3. BlackPearl - Thar

4. navsjab - Thar

Standard Cottage at WBTDC- (Rs 2000 with 15% discount excluding tax and food, only breakfast included.)

5. Anirbanz +1 / i10

6. Samaresh Das - Ecosport (2 adults + 1 kid)

7. tacho9000- M800 + Samba + SouraC /Figo

8. adg_andy - Duster (2 adults + 1 kid)

9. XetaGlgrocks + 1 Ford Fiesta

10. Shaswata + 1 - Pajero

11. TheStranger - Manza Quadrajet (2 adults + 1 kid)

12. GhostRider - Duster - Deluxe cottage/Standard cottage which ever is available. 2 adults.

13. Uprasenjit- Ecosport 2 adults

Standard Room at WBTDC- (Rs 1100 with 15% discount excluding tax and food, only breakfast included.)

14. SS-Traveller- Scorpio (2 Adults 1 kid)

Home stay (Rs 2000 per room, includes morning Tea)

15. ALTIMAed- Swift Dzire (2 adults + 1 kid)

16. Mi2n Tuv- 300 (2 adults + 1 kid)


DAY MEET (@ AHD/ Shantiniketan) :

Will have breakfast at Azadhind Goplapur on Nh2, payments will be collected on spot :

1. Cityvic- E Class

2. AJ-got-BHP - ETIOS (for Breakfast at AHD)

3. Myth - Verna

4. PointZero - Bolero

5. cr4nkshaft - polo

6. dieselOmaniac - Jazz

7. JKDS - ZoomCar (for Breakfast at AHD)

8. gearhead_mait - EON

9. psurelia - Tata Safari Storme / RE Thunderbird

10. subhrajitdr - XUV 5OO

11. ShuvC - Civic

12. avrendu - Thar

13. Burnout - Grand i10

14. PapaBravo - Duster

15. petrolhead_neel - Ford Classic 1.6

16. lovecars21 - Ford Aspire aka Musty

17. Ranendra - S-Cross 1.6

18. Sayata- Swift

19. Aak91 - Vento (for Breakfast at AHD)

20. SVK Rider - Ford Figo

Please let us know whether there will be any meeting place near Dankuni or like that.

thanks.

[adg_andy]

Originally Posted by SVK Rider

Please let us know whether there will be any meeting place near Dankuni or like that.

thanks.

The tentative meet time at Dankuni toll is around 7:30 and we should be at AHT for breakfast between 8-10 a.m. See you there

[AJ-got-BHP]

TEAM-BHP KOLKATA CHAPTER WINTER MEET 2017

14th of January 2017 : The destination being Shantiniketan, there was a Breakfast meet at the BPCL Gopalpur Azad Hind Dhaba (aka AHD) on NH-2 where everyone assembled to meet up before the drive to Shantiniketan. There were some enthusiasts like myself who had opted out for the overnight stay and the day drive to Shantiniketan and it was a good opportunity for us to catch up with like minded BHPian brothers there.

BHPians from Delhi : SS-Traveller & JKDS were also a part ofthe meet as they happened to be in Kolkata and it was a pleasure meeting them after ages.

Sharing some pictures from my end of the wonderful meet at AHD :









Ladies having their own fun :


BHPian ShuvC with that witty smile :


BHPian CloudMobile made his phone camera do all the clicking :






Newbie SVK Rider with his Better Half :


Health Check Up being done by BHPian Samba with his oxy-meter :






Aspiring (to be) BHPian Sayata taking those selfies :






The yummy Sarson ka Saag & Makke Ki Roti :


Photographing the Photographers :


My ride for the Meet : This time not the Figo


That's all from my end folks !! Request everyone else to share the pictures of all the fun and frolic at Shantiniketan and update the thread.

[Samba]

It was an awesome fun meet guys. Thanks to every one for the participation. The fun of an overnight meet is always few steps ahead of a day meet. Sharing the pics-

Day meet pics-

Bhpian's on the move-

Bhpian Psurelia


Bhpian Aak91


Bhpian Aj-Got-Bhp


Bhpian cran4shaft


DBhpian SS-Traveller drove all the way from Delhi.


Bhpian Cloudmobile_Deb


Bhpian JKDS driving a Zoom car. The choice of car was mine though. I badly wanted a test drive of KUV100 and he obliged!


Bhpian Mi2n


Bhpian SVK RIDER


Bhpian Tacho9000


Break fast at Azad Hind-



Bhpian Petrolheadneal (youngest bhpian of Kolkata with DBhpian SS-Traveller and Bhpian Tacho9000)


Bhpian JKDS
















Bhpian Navsjab enters with his Thar


Me and Aj-got-Bhp with the Figo and Etios which has not been to Ladakh! (For those who do not know we own same cars with same color! In the meet he brought his Etios and i brought my Figo, but in our Ladakh trip, i took our Etios & he took his Figo!)


Pics from the overnight meet.

Bhpian Teesta with her Thar.


The buffet arrangement for dinner.




The group.




Atish with his Tuv300


The cars which turned out for the overnight meet. Only Bhpian Dj78's car is missing from the line up. As he took a different road.


Ending with a pic of my Figo posing somewhere Santiniketan!

[Samfromindia]

Originally Posted by AJ-got-BHP

Sharing some pictures from my end of the wonderful meet at AHD

Originally Posted by Samba

Sharing the pics

Wow very speedy processing of pics Superb shots as always, good to see the bond which Bhpians share is growing day by day with active participation from families also. Hope the practice of customary "unofficial" teambhp tshirt (and watches) start again from next meet onward as it was one of the sole reason for attending the meet back in the days for many

[SVK Rider]

Wow!
Superb pics. it was really nice to meet you all. Looking forward for more meets like this.

[JKDS]

Absolutely brilliant pictures, Samba and AJ! It is, as always, a visual treat to see the pictures; it was wonderful to meet my BHPian brothers after almost several months, especially catching up with the stories each had to tell! Here's to praying that these meets continue to happen, for years to come!

And Samba, special thanks to you to coax me into getting the KUV100. A pretty peppy car to drive, provided I kept the rev up, with proper road manners. And it never sprang surprises on me, with the brakes having a good bite, and the car having (surprisingly?!) a dead pedal, which I dearly miss on the Bolero. Hope you liked its TD.

[mi2n]

Thoroughly enjoyed every moment of the meet. Must mention, it was very well organized, fun filled, eventful and engaging event! Thanks to Samba for all his efforts to ensure that the meet was a grand success. Thanks to all fellow bhpians who chipped in to make the event truly memorable. Thanks to D-bhpian SS_traveler for accepting our request and participating. My take away from this meet has been enormous, new friends, new knowledge and loads of good memories.

The photos have come up really well. As we have been giggling among us, Samba have provided facebook cover photos for many of us. Thanks again Samba and Arav for the wonderful photos, each one is a keeper. Thanks for sharing.

Daring to share a few mobile clicks :

We gathered at Azad Hind Dhaba


The convoy stopped for regrouping inside the Ilambazar forest



Navtej's Thar looking for an entry into the jungle


Jungle selfie


Atish got his sketch done from a local artist


We discovered some beautiful forest trails


The wait for the next episode begins.

[SS-Traveller]

Originally Posted by Samba

DBhpian SS-Traveller drove all the way from Delhi.

That was a super shot of the Hawk-On-Fours® - soon after it completed 150,000 km, after 7 years and almost 3 months. That itself gives this pic a lot of sentimental value to me.

Till the beginning of this year, I had no plan of going to Kolkata any time soon, far less join this meet - though I kept getting updates about the meet plans developing. In fact, we had already finalized plans for going to Tadoba.

An unforeseen event in the close family led us to cancel the Tadoba trip and decide on a sudden trip to Kolkata between 8-12 Jan, driving back on the 13th. However, Samba, with his supreme convincing ability and resourcefulness about securing a room for us at the WBTDC Shantiniketan, made us defer our return journey by a couple of days.

And indeed, it turned out to be an eventful and well-organized meet which we enjoyed thoroughly as a family. The credit goes in large measure to Samba (and Shomshree, I understand), for taking care of mudane details minutely, including the menu for lunch and dinner which was oh-so-delicious. Samba even took extra pains to take us sightseeing to Hasuli Bank, and later to arrange for my wife and daughter to shop to their hearts' content!

Not common to find all of us in the rear seat, but here we are, all ready to go sightseeing with Samba - picture courtesy Cloudmobile_deb


More pics to follow...

[Mitul1979]

Great pics. Seems you guys had lots of fun. I am travelling so wouldn't have made it this time, but do let me know when you are having the next one. Thanks.

[GhostRider28]

Excellent pictures, and what a wonderful meet indeed!
Thanks to everyone who made this a great success, and especially to the organisers who worked relentlessly to make everything function like clockwork.

[SS-Traveller]

Men will be men, as the saying goes. Men and their machines are an inseparable part of Team-BHP meets. Families join in infrequently, and teenagers who aren't interested in cars dislike these meets. Petrol, diesel and lubricating oils are more important focal points than food.

But then, with Samba and shomshree at the helm of affairs related to organizing this meet, almost everyone is willing to bring their better halves and families along, as is obvious here... (ummm... looks like H-4® attracts everyone... )

Here's dj78 with his family, enjoying the sun.

When the send you a menu card on WhatsApp that looks like this, there's no doubt that this will be a meet to outdo any other Team-BHP meet!

Well, we are committed foodies, and we really look forward to digging in! However, after a grand breakfast of parathas / makke di roti & sarson da saag and hot milky tea while enjoying the winter sun at the Azad Hind Dhaba, I doubted whether we would do justice to the lunch at the WBTDC Tourist Lodge at Shantiniketan - on top of that, I am pretty sceptical about how good the food would be, since it's a government property, and the kitchens at such properties don't really excel at producing great food. How mistaken was I...

The food was exceptionally well prepared, and I ended up overeating way too much! Looks like anirbanz is trying to take away the whole tray here, but is being asked to desist!

BlackPearl and Uprasenjit want to work up an even greater appetite than the others, so here they are, doing the impossible while a stiff breeze blows.

[SS-Traveller]

A bend in a river is not a big deal, you might say. Yes, it is, when the said bend in the Kopai river is called Hasuli Bak (hasuli being a certain design of necklace, and bak meaning a bend), and is associated with a book by one of the most revered Bengali authors by the name of Tarashankar Bandopadhyay - Hasuli Bak-er Upokatha, a book that I had read in my youth.

This is what that bend in the river looks like from a satellite...

...and here we are, at the head of the two bends in the river, with Samba and SouraC.

After the sumptuous lunch, Samba took my family and SouraC on a sightseeing trip in his Figo to Hasuli Bak, a place I had never imagined I'd visit. The State Highway had its own unofficial toll collection system, and we ended up paying Rs.10 at 5 places where men, women and kids from the local villages blocked the road and demanded that they be paid a chaanda (in support of myriad things like Saraswati Puja 2 weeks later, or this being the last day of Badhan Utsab for the Santhal tribals of the region).

The last few km to Hasuli Bak went through unsealed, bumpy & dusty roads, and brought to the fore all of Samba's excellent driving skills, manipulating a fully loaded Figo without a single underbody scrape!

Some pretty pictures later, we turned back.

Last pic courtesy Samba

[adg_andy]

Afew more pics from my side. I have uploaded mostly from the weekly mela (Sonajhurir Haat) and Hasuli Baank. Apologies for posting without captions

[PriyanCAR]

Missed this meet by a whisker as my membership was approved on the 21st.