Bird’s eye view : A travel of 280 kms from Bareilly to Lucknow, mostly along the butter smooth NH30 - driving could not get much better for a slightly jaded amateur driver like me. Restful is the word I am looking for. We left Bareilly at 8.00 am and reached our place on the Outer Ring Road of Lucknow at 1.30 pm. Yes, it was hot. We did not feel it that much when leaving Bareilly at 8.00 am, but when we reached Lucknow, it was 40 degC, beyond the range of clinical thermometers. There were stretches on highway which were indeed dry and dusty, and we could feel the flavour on our tongue even when sitting inside in an AC car. Leaving Bareilly (8.00 am): We had made the mistake of not intimating our resort one day in advance about our plans of leaving at 8.00 am, because, for us, 8.00 am was pretty late. Not so for the staff of Green Farm Resort who had been arranging a poolside dinner and had gone to sleep at 2.00 am. We literally had to shake them awake in order to pay the food charges a...