[arindam_xeta]

A very last minute urge to join in

1.) Shomshree / something new-
2.) Samba / Duster
3.) AJ-got-BHP / Bagheera 2.0 (Bolero Neo)
4.) apollo_1999/ callisto (R15M)
5.) PapaBravo / X1
6.) tacho9000/ Maruti 800
7.) haisaikat / i10
8.) dip27in/some 6.9th hand car
9.) BODHI25 / Kathleen (VW Polo)
10.) OpenRoads/ Hyryder
11.) DogNDamsel12 / (Polo)
12.) Soumik / Punch
13.) Avic93/ Ignis
14.) SayataC/Eco sport
15.) Mountain_Deep / Duster
16.) Burnout / Toothless (Duster)
17.) The Barnstomer / Xuv300
18.) SkyWraith / Swift
19.) Jackofsome / Figo
20) topse / Thar
21) GhostRider28 / Duster
22) Breathe2drive / City
23) Neversaygbye / Vista (Tentative - will try to attend)
24) SVK Rider / Ford Ecosport
25) SouraC / Swift
26) gmhossain / Nexon
27) SchrödingersCar / Storm Shadow
28) sdg4wheels / Tavu
29) Arindam_Xeta / Nexon

[gmhossain]

It was a wonderful Team-BHP meet today at AHD, Gopalpur. Personally, I was attending any Team-BHP meet after more than a year. It was refreshing to meet some of our old as well as new BHPians of Kolkata chapter. While we wait for the official pictures from Samba , here are few from my end:

Incidentally, our Nexon was the first to arrive at the venue


Then others began to arrive








Some yummi food!


Samba is in action

[chitranshu]

1.) Shomshree / something new-
2.) Samba / Duster
3.) AJ-got-BHP / Bagheera 2.0 (Bolero Neo)
4.) apollo_1999/ callisto (R15M)
5.) PapaBravo / X1
6.) tacho9000/ Maruti 800
7.) haisaikat / i10
8.) dip27in/some 6.9th hand car
9.) BODHI25 / Kathleen (VW Polo)
10.) OpenRoads/ Hyryder
11.) DogNDamsel12 / (Polo)
12.) Soumik / Punch
13.) Avic93/ Ignis
14.) SayataC/Eco sport
15.) Mountain_Deep / Duster
16.) Burnout / Toothless (Duster)
17.) The Barnstomer / Xuv300
18.) SkyWraith / Swift
19.) Jackofsome / Figo
20) topse / Thar
21) GhostRider28 / Duster
22) Breathe2drive / City
23) Neversaygbye / Vista (Tentative - will try to attend)
24) SVK Rider / Ford Ecosport
25) SouraC / Swift
26) gmhossain / Nexon
27) SchrödingersCar / Storm Shadow
28) sdg4wheels / Tavu
29) Arindam_Xeta / Nexon
30) Chitranshu / Pulse .. (last min addition) ... along with some pics from the meet..

[soumiksett]

Waiting for Samba magic to start

[Samba]

A fantastic monsoon meet with 25 cars and 1 bike.

The kolkata meetup was scheduled at 7 in the morning. The meet point was at Dankuni toll. From there the plan was to drive together to Azadhind Dhaba, have breakfast and return back to Kolkata by lunch. The total round trip comes around 100-150 km depending on where one stays in Kolkata.

But few days before the meet, Bhpian Abhi1512 told me, Bhpians from Assam are coming to Kolkata, but on the same date of our Kolkata Team-Bhp meet they were going for a trip to Dalma, in Jharkhand.
Plus Azadhind Dhaba, Gopalpur won't fall on their route either. But they were kind enough to make a detour & come to Dankuni by 6-30 am and meet me before proceeding to Dalma. All of them led by Bhpian Abhi1512 came to Dankuni by 6-45 am. I and Bhpian Mountain_Deep spent a nice half an hour chatting with them.

So we had a mini Assam-Bengal meet before the Kolkata Team-Bhp meet.

Assam Bhpians- Bhpian- ChiranjitP, Bhpian DevOnWheels, Bhpian Long_Tourer, Bhpian Phukan_tridiv, Bhpian yogi..reeturaj with Bhpian Abhi1512 & Bhpian Mountain_deep.





Post this meet, I proceeded to Dankuni toll by 7-20 am. From there the convoy drive to Azadhind was fast & enjoyable. Everyone drove fast, yet in a safe way.

Am starting with the group pics. Will share the pics of the cars in the next post.

The Kolkata gang-

Bhpian- Shomshree, Samba, AJ-got-BHP, apollo_1999 ,PapaBravo, tacho9000 ,BODHI25, OpenRoads, DogNDamsel12 , Soumik, Mountain_Deep, Burnout, The Barnstomer, SkyWraith,Jackofsome, topse, GhostRider28, Breathe2drive, SVK Rider, SouraC , gmhossain, SchrödingersCar, Arindam_Xeta, Chitranshu, The Stranger, ShuvC (The names are not in order)









Bhpian SouraC with Bhpian arindam_xeta's son



Bhpian- The stranger, Burnout & ShuvC



Yours truly





Bhpian SouraC with his family



Bhpian Topse, SkyWraith & OpenRoads

[Samba]

Bhpian SouraC on the roll.



Bhpian Mountain_Deep on the roll.



Bhpian SVKRider on the roll.



Bhpian Jackofsome on the roll.



Bhpian PapaBravo on the roll.



Bhpian Soumik on the roll.



Bhpian Shomshree on the roll.



Bhpian GhostRider28 on the roll.



Bhpian BODHI25 on the roll.



Bhpian Topse on the roll.



Bhpian Breathe2drive on the roll.



Bhpian SchrödingersCar on the roll followed by Bhpian SkyWraith's white Swift.



Bhpian Tacho9000 on the roll.



The line ups-





Bhpian Mountain_Deep's steed.





Belongs to Bhpian ShuvC



Bhpian Chitranshu's superbly maintained Renault Pulse along with, SchrödingersCar' Nexon, PapaBravo's X1 and The Barnstomer's brand new Xuv300 turbo petrol sports.





My Duster along with Bhpian DogNDamsel12's Polo



Bhpian Aj-got-Bhp's latest acquisition! The Neo looks gorgeous!



Bhpian apollo_1999 on his Yamaha!

Originally Posted by gmhossain

While we wait for the official pictures from Samba , here are few from my end:

Originally Posted by chitranshu

along with some pics from the meet..

Wonderful set of pictures.

[GhostRider28]

Nice meet up after ages, and an official one too! Thanks to Shomsree and Samba for planning and arranging the logistics meticulously. Big shout out to Samba for waiting patiently in the blazing sun and taking rolling shots of our steeds.

[arindam_xeta]

Was definitely the last entrant in the meet and thus missed the fun ride after Dankuni. My first meet after a long time and the very first one for my son, Babula. It was great to bump into all the known faces of the fraternity, a cheers to all. A few pictures I ended up capturing.

[AJ-got-BHP]

Fortunate to have been a part of the meet, although due to my late arrival missed to catch up with a few folks Kudos to the Organisers specially Samba for his relentless efforts in making these meets cherishable !

As they say "better late than never", atleast I managed to reach just on time for the Group Picture.

What better than a Team-BHP Meet for the 1st Highway Run of Bagheera 2.0; my Bolero Neo N8 :




Posing Alone - Bagheera and Mivann (my Son) :


A young BHPian in the making :


A customary selfie :


Back to Back with Samba's Legendary Duster :


Post the Meet and Breakfast, I had to head to Asansol for some errands and managed to get some decent shots of the Bolero enroute :







An Indication that "Puja Aasche" :


The maiden Highway Run for Bagheera 2.0 today :


Hope to Catch Up soon again guys ! Always a pleasure to catch up with like minded buddies !

[Toni]

Wonderful meet and very well organised with great pictures

Please inform how to get an invite for such meets as I am relatively new to the Forum.

Thanks.

[jackofsome]

Thank you @samba for the lovely photographs. Thanks to each one who could make it, could not have a better start for me personally to the Kolkata chapter of Team Bhp.

The highlight of the meet for me was chasing @PapaBravo on his X1. Even he was surprised with what this little hatch can do.

Looking forward to more such talks, drives and fun.

[Dibyendu Bose]

Same here.
i am also relatively new (about two years only). Please advise how do we get to know the dates in advance. In case, it was publicised in advance in this forum, I have missed it, so apologies in advance.
Many thanks for sharing the lovely pictures, must have been great fun.

[Samba]

Thanks to Bhpian PapaBravo, Delix & Shomshree for spending their valuable time behind these meets.

Originally Posted by Toni

Please inform how to get an invite for such meets as I am relatively new to the Forum.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Dibyendu Bose

Same here.
Please advise how do we get to know the dates in advance. In case, it was publicised in advance in this forum, I have missed it, so apologies in advance.

Thanks.

Generally we have a couple of Team-Bhp official meets per year. One is the winter meet, and the other is the monsoon meet.
For the official meets, just keep an eye on the Team-Bhp meet section. We try to put up the thread a month to couple of weeks prior to the meet.
The monsoon meet generally occurs between July to September.
The winter meet generally occurs between December to January.

Apart from these, there are impromptu breakfast meets, and overnight outings which Bhpians/friends decide over the phone.

Originally Posted by AJ-got-BHP

Samba for his relentless efforts in making these meets cherishable !

How about you getting caught while capturing the fantastic shots of your Bolero Neo!

[aviator1101]

Originally Posted by Samba

The kolkata meetup was scheduled at 7 in the morning. The meet point was at Dankuni toll. From there the plan was to drive together to Azadhind Dhaba, have breakfast and return back to Kolkata by lunch. The total round trip comes around 100-150 km depending on where one stays in Kolkata.

Kudos to you Samba for painstakingly organising the Bengal/Kolkata meets. Was a pleasure to be there last time. Unfortunately missed this one due to two other trips lined up back to back.
And needless to say, fantastic photographs.

So we had a mini Assam-Bengal meet before the Kolkata Team-Bhp meet.
Assam Bhpians- Bhpian- ChiranjitP, Bhpian DevOnWheels, Bhpian Long_Tourer, Bhpian Phukan_tridiv, Bhpian yogi..reeturaj with Bhpian Abhi1512 & Bhpian Mountain_deep.

I am presently near Guwahati and will remain here for some more time. Do DM me the contact numbers in case possible. Would love to get in touch with the fellow BHPians here.

Originally Posted by gmhossain

It was a wonderful Team-BHP meet today at AHD, Gopalpur. Personally, I was attending any Team-BHP meet after more than a year. While we wait for the official pictures from Samba , here are few from my end:

Nice pictures Sir.
BTW, we are eagerly waiting for your update on the latest status of the Behrampore Bypass. Driving to Kolkata very soon.

[gmhossain]

Originally Posted by aviator1101

BTW, we are eagerly waiting for your update on the latest status of the Behrampore Bypass. Driving to Kolkata very soon.

Berhampore bypass has opened a few days ago! Actually it's now open for the 3rd time in last 6 weeks. Please have a look at this thread: https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route...ml#post5621498 (Kolkata - Siliguri route via Dumka, Bhagalpur or NH-12 (old NH-34))

Best,