A picnic lunch

We were bored of doing the same old things over a weekend. So after speaking to a few friends, one of them not only gave us this idea and but also accompanied us. We went on one of those sprightly Sundays (the last Sunday of June actually, 29th). No rain that morning (yay!)  to have a picnic at Narayanagiri betta. This was on the outskirts of Bangalore, a left turn deviation on Mysore road (to be precise, it’s about 3 kms  or so from Eagleton resort). We found the place easily enough. (Really, is it actually possible to get lost anywhere near Bangalore?). Speaking to a couple of villagers, we came to know that there were 2-3 routes to take to the top of the hillock. One was to trek it up and the other was to hike through the fields, reach the newly built steps, climb them and reach the top. Last suggestion was to go behind the hillock where the car could be parked right by the hillock and take the steep rough steps path. We chose the first one (naturally!). Parked the car at a distance (we anyway couldn’t drive it beyond that point, there was no mud road also). Got the backpack out (it had our yummy picnic lunch packets) and started to hike through the fields. Spotted a few birds (bee-eaters, doves, vultures) on the way.

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  As we approached the base of the hillock, we heard someone shouting to us.