Muggaccinos Cyclists The Bullsheet

Sunday, 25 Aug, Somersby "Bellbirds" Peats Ridge anti-clockwise:
*  7:50am Hornsby 125km - ETR Hornsby 3:15pm
*  8:20am Berowra 103km - ETR Berowra 2:50pm

Or turnaround at Mt White for a 71km round trip from Hornsby

  • Ride Leader  Phil Johnston - 9498.3684 hm

  • Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

  • Cycle two abreast at own risk.  Keep well to LHS

  • Get off the road at Sag Stops

  • Maintain your membership of Bicycle NSW for Public Liability cover in case another Mugg sues your arse for riding negligence

  • Some cyclists start at Berowra - take 2nd off-road from Freeway

  • Let Phil know if you are commencing from Hornsby

  • When passing a fellow Mugg, always provide a metre clearance.  If you can't, or are passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly eg. "passing inside tight" etc

  • Bring small notes or gold coins for Nosh Stops

  • Don't ride with Muggs if your tyres are crap or your gears don't work, 'cause the Peloton is gettin' pulled up unnecessarily

 

1st Leg: Hornsby to Mt White Bikie Hangout - 35.5km

Park in Jersey St Hornsby street-side car-park 80m Nth of Railway Hotel - N/W side of Hornsby station. 

Rollout BY 7.50am, -

  • N up Jersey St  for 200m,

  • L for 20m to traffic lights;

  • R onto Old Pacific Highway for 35.2km, meeting the Berowra contingent opposite Berowra station at 8:20am, for 1st Nosh Stop (from 9:20am for 30 min) at Mt White Village Store.  The service sucks, and the coffee is terrible, so don't buy it unless you want to pedal hard to catch up.

 

2nd Leg: Mt White to Somersby General Store - 24.5km

9:50am -

  • Nth up Old Pacific H'way for 6.2km to Calga Interchange

  • R twds Gosford along the "Scenic Route" for 4.3km to Mooney Mooney Creek

  • Ahead 6.5km to "Wisemans Ferry / Gosford Roundabout"

  • L into Wisemans Ferry Rd for 7.5km to Somersby General Store (4372.1269ph) for a 2nd Nosh Stop (from 11:05am for 30 min) - good burgers.

 

3rd Leg: Somersby General Store to Peats Ridge - 9.5km

 

11:35pm -

 

  • L along Wisemans Ferry Rd for 200m

  • L down "on-ramp" along Peats Ridge Rd for 9.3km to MidCoast Petroleum for Sag Stop [from 12:10am for 10 min].

 

4th Leg: Peats Ridge to Mt White - 20.6km

12:20pm -

  • Sth down Peats Ridge Rd for 14.5km to Calga Interchange

  • L (at "Scenic Road" sign to Brooklyn) and continue 6.1km returning to Mt White Village Store for Sag Stop [from 1:10pm for 10 min].

 

5th Leg: Mt White to Pie in the Sky - 16.1km

1.20pm descend Old Pacific H'way, cross Brooklyn Bridge over Hawkesbury River, pass Brooklyn Rd [103km] and ascend 3.9km for 3rd Nosh Stop at Pie in the Sky [from 2:pm for 35 min].

 

6th Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby - 19.3km

2:45pm Sth down Old Pacific H'way -

  • pass Berowra [115.5km] around 2:50pm, and

  • return to Hornsby [125.5km] at 3:15pm.

 

The Scribe's rap-up of Sunday, 18 Aug 
from St Ives for "GreenShades coastal showers contingency plan” – 59km – 10 crew

 

With the prospect of weather, the antithesis of last Sunday's balmy Windsor experience, 8 sanguine crew which had mustered at St Ives on a moistish morn', jettisoned our planned coastal route to Warriewood, and headed for the hills where the sky was decidedly brighter.

 

Around 8:45am Bank Teller fielded a call from BackPacker 'n Bazza who were huddled under the awning at the Caltex gas station at Terrey Hills, and a wonderin' where the convoy was.  Twds 9:30am we rolled into GreenShades amidst smatterings of intermittent sunshine.

After dosing on Mokador, where a few of the crew took an eternity to chuck in their two pennyth, we rolled Nth twds the Berowra Waters ferry.  [Crew, please don't leave the brain at home on 'battery re-charge' when you come cycling on Sundays].

Alas, we got dumped on somethin' serious in the leg back home, where 'twas a veritable sloshfest for a time, as Teller assisted Princess Monaco repair one-after-the-other punctures.  But what the hell, we had fun over sixty clicks when the wosses wouldn't 'ave.

The Scribe  - 20 Aug 2002