Digital “cloth” map Day 2: Aligarh to Farrukhabad

The day's digital “cloth” map

Start

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ITC Fortune Park Hotel, Aligarh

Leave from 07.00 onwards from the ITC, passing Lemon Tree Hotel at 5.3 km. Turn left before the flyover at 15.8 km.
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5.3 km · 3.3 mi to Lemon Tree
Lemon Tree riders join here
5.3 km / 3.3 mi
Lemon Tree Hotel, Aligarh
Lemon Tree riders join here at 5.3 km.
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47.0 km · 29.2 mi to water stop
Water stop

52.3 km / 32.5 mi

Morning water and toilet stop
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51.7 km · 32.1 mi to lunch
Lunch

104.0 km / 64.6 mi

Lunch

Confirmed lunch stop at the marked location.
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39.8 km · 24.7 mi to water stop
Water stop

143.8 km / 89.4 mi

Afternoon water stop
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37.0 km · 23.0 mi to finish
Finish

180.8 km / 112.3 mi

Ride25 camp, Farrukhabad

A real camp at a wedding venue near the Ganges. Tents are up before we arrive. Dinner, showers and a bar at the camp tonight. Bring a power bank, warm layers in case it is cold and earplugs in case of snoring. Dinner 19.00.
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Ride25 crew

Mel
Crew leader

+44 7947 765600
Dan
Mechanic

+44 7786 553582
Margot
Crew

+44 7771 538906
Layla Patton
Paramedic
+44 7872 831554

Call the crew for a lift, a mechanical or if you are lost. Everyone is also in the ride WhatsApp group.

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Tonight’s arrangements

Ride25 camp, Farrukhabad. Dinner 19.00 at camp, with showers and a bar. Bring a power bank, warm layers and earplugs.

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Wind and weather

Too far ahead for a forecast yet, so these are the conditions on the same day last year. Winds were light, around 6 to 8 km/h, mostly north westerly. Dry, about 15°C early and up to 24°C. The live forecast appears here automatically in the two weeks before the ride.

Typical conditions from Open-Meteo records for the same day in 2025. Check the live forecast on the morning.

Riding notes

Long, flat and fast today. Ride in groups and share the work.
Keep valuables and electronics with you at camp, and bring a head torch.
Crops are often laid on the road to dry. Ride round them, not through them, if you can.
Dinner, showers and a bar at the camp tonight. Bring a power bank, warm layers in case it is cold and earplugs in case of snoring.
Turn left out of the ITC and U-turn at 1.0 km. Turn left before the flyover at 15.8 km.
Sharp turn at 66.8 km – easy to overshoot.
Bring a power bank for camp.
Target finish 17.00. If you’re behind at the afternoon stop, the crew will ask you to take a lift.

The country you ride through

History on the road

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The Kali Nadi

The route crosses the Kali Nadi, a tributary of the Ganges, among sugar cane and wheat fields. This part of the Doab has fed northern India for thousands of years.

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Kaimganj

Kaimganj, just north of our afternoon route, was the hometown of Zakir Husain, India's third president and the first Muslim to hold the office. The town is known for its tobacco and its Pathan heritage.

145 to 177 km

Farrukhabad and the Ganges

Farrukhabad was founded in 1714 by the Nawab Muhammad Khan Bangash and named after the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar. Nearby Kampil is linked in the Mahabharata to Draupadi, and across the river is Sankisa, where Buddhists believe the Buddha descended from heaven.

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The Kali Nadi bridge
Sugar cane carts and bullock teams
The Ganges plain at sunset
Our camp

Local heroes

Famous faces from along the route

Zakir Husain, President of India from 1967 to 1969, grew up in Kaimganj. Farrukhabad was a seat of the Bangash nawabs, and its block printers made the city one of India's great centres for hand printed textiles.