Bird’s eye view: When my biographer writes the story of 20th April, circa 2025, he might lightly gloss over it, saying they drove around 80 km today, to a village called Binsar. Pretty place and all that. He might even sneeringly suggest that less than 100 km was a bit below par. What he would miss out is that hidden in that short journey were challenges where big cars had failed today. First, we drove 25 kms to Bageshwar, where the Thal road joins, touching the scenic Chaukori - the road not taken by us, remember? Then we travelled 50 kms to Binsar town, just before which we turned left into the controlled forest area where our lodge was located, 6 kms inside. Today’s weather had been quite sunny overall, and our car AC was running for most of the time, except hairpin climbs. Overall, we travelled upward from the 3,800 ft of Kapkot to 8,500 ft of Binsar, so it is expected to become jolly chilly at night. Leaving Kapkot (8.30 am): When the journey lengths are sm...