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Muggaccinos Pedlars Sunday Cyclists The Bullsheet

Sunday, 24 Nov - Tour de Windsor:

i) Turramurra @ 7:15am via M2 - 97km - ETR 1:10pm; or

ii) Dural @ 7:50am via Pitt Town Rd - 66km - ETR 11:45am

Ø Ride contact: Phil Johnston 9498.3684 hm.

Ø Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

Ø Spend 10 mins studying your UBD to familiarize the below directions, 'cause this is a complex route

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

Snapshot:
Both start groups meet-up at 1st Nosh Stop in Macquarie St Windsor from 9:25am.  By 10am, all return via Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie; thence either -
*    to Dural (66km) - ETR 11:45am; or
*    L to Galston, Hornsby, Turra' (97km) - ETR 1:10pm.

a) Two alternate 1st Legs to Windsor

i) 1st Leg: from Turramurra station to Windsor – 48.5km:
Rollout at 7:15am up Rohini St to Pac H'way and descend Kissing Point Rd. to Browns Waterhole, M2 to Riverstone, Mulgrave, Windsor [47.5km] where we meet cyclists that started from Dural for our initial Nosh Stop (40 min) from 9:25am at Kate's Place Café in historic Thompson Square off George St. Windsor.

Detailed instructions of Turra' to Windsor:

Cycle 60m up Rohini St to the H'way and R at lights. 50m later L at lights into Kissing Point Rd and commence step descent shortly crossing Comenarra Parkway at lights and proceed to end of Kissing Point Rd. Take R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole (caution steep decent with sharp turns, causeway may flood) followed by a short steep climb to M2. We pass through a narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3mins) before joining M2 on south side.

Passing 2 on and 2 off roads, we cycle 15kms to where Old Windsor Rd meets Abbott Rd and continue straight along Abbott Road. R into Johnson Avenue at lights for Sag Stop (5 mins). 1.1km later L into Vardys Rd. at the roundabout, crossing Sunnyholt Rd at the lights and cycle past industrial areas to Marayong Station.

Cycle under the railway bridge and L at the roundabout shortly followed by a second L to climb onto Railway Road bridge, effectively heading N beside the railway line until Quakers Hill station where, after we reach the Give Way sign, L, then a R and R again, to take you onto the bridge over the railway line onto Quakers Hill Parkway. A few hundred metres on, L onto Hambledon Rd. Soon L again onto Walker Street (through housing estate) at "T" junction L onto Burdekin Rd and follow this around - it becomes Railway Terrace. Follow railway line to Schofields and continue to Riverstone along Railway Tce.

At Riverstone station do a quick R and L and follow the railway line on your LHS. Riverstone Parade will take us to Vineyard Station. (Clear land on the left used to be Riverstone abattoirs.) At Vineyard station road veers to the R. Take Wallace Rd - the first street immediately to your L.

Follow the railway along and Wallace Rd will end at a "T" intersection. Cycle over a level railway crossing on your L, and take Railway Rd first on your R and remain on it until Mulgrave Station where we R onto Mulgrave Rd and follow until you reach Windsor Rd. Turn L onto Windsor Rd, and follow it 3km to Windsor.

ii) 1st Leg: from “Hills Tourist Info Centre” car-park (656B Old Northern Rd Dural – UBD 131 - on LHS just after "Porter Scenic Lookout" and before Dural Country Club) to Windsor 35km:
7:50am -

L cycling Nth up Old Northern Rd for 1.2km,
L into Wyoming Rd for 700m,
L into Langford Rd/Davey Rd for 1.6km,
L into Derriwong Rd for 500m,
R into Wirrabara Rd for 600m,
R into Pellit Lane which soon veers L for 180m,
R into Kenthurst Rd for 4½km,
L into Pitt Town Rd for 13.9km,
Ahead into Neich Rd for 700m,
L into Scheyville Rd for 4½km,
L into Stock Route Rd for 2km,
R into Wolseley Rd for 1.2km,
L into Havelock Rd for 500m,
R into Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m,
L into Pitt Town Rd for 700m,
R into Windsor Rd for 1.6km to Windsor,

where we meet the Turra’ contingent at 9:25am for our 1st Nosh Stop (35min) at Kate's Place Café in historic Thompson Square off George St. Windsor.

b) 2nd Leg: Return to either start point via Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie, thence to Dural or via Galston/Hornsby/Turra' - 31.8km

10am -

S along Windsor Rd for 1.6km,
L into Pitt Town Rd for 700m,
R into Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m,
L into Havelock Rd for 500m,
R into Wolseley Rd for 1.2km,
L into Stock Route Rd for 2km,
R into Scheyville Rd for 5km (don't R at Neich Rd, rather R 700m further),
R into Dural Rd/Cattai Ridge Rd for 13.5km,
R into Old Northern Rd for Sag Stop off the road under a tree (5 mins)

Dural contingent continues S along Old Northern Rd for 4.5km with an ETR of 11:45am at Dural Tourist Info Centre [66km].

Turra’ crew after 800m turns L into Wylds Rd and R into Arcadia Rd to GreenShades Café for a 2nd Nosh Stop (35min) [80.3km] at 11:35am.

c) 3rd Leg: GreenShades Nursery to Turra' via Hornsby - 16km

12:10pm its down/up The Gorge with a Sag Stop (5 min) at the KOM Bus Shelter [87km].

Thence onto to Hornsby, where we short-cut along the east side of the rail line. ETR Turra’ 1:10pm [96km].

Bank Teller's rap-up of 2nd "Linger 'n Die" ride to the Upper Hunter, Fri 9 Nov to Sun 11 Nov - 9 participants

Muggs' three day 2nd sortie to the Upper Hunter proved a marvelous success for the 9 participants - Welsh Widget, ToothFairy, Nurse Karen, Whippet, Tornado, Kiwi Mike, Pacific Pete, Bank Teller 'n Kitchen Sink.

The o'cast weather on Fri/Sat was pleasant and not overtaxing, but the pace set by Tornado, Whippet, Kiwi Mike, Nurse Karen and Kitchen Sink proved intimidating for mere mortals like Brenda, ToothFairy, Scribe and Pete. Although it did encourage 'em to scurry along!

After Nosh Stops at Mt White and Kulnura, and the occasional Highland Mist, we arrived at enchanting Wollombi early arvo. Most of the gang were bunking at Cody's Cottage, managed by Jean - a charming, or is that charmless, Old Boiler. Right on the death, Brenda 'dumped and ran' from her good buddies to the confines of 'History and Pageantry' at historic Mulla Villa, where ToothFairy and Pacific had booked. Or was it for the prospect of a room with hot-tub, that Pete had been spruiking about all arvo?

A few of the gang forgot their etiquette and decorum in getting "pickled and pie-eyed" at the enchanting Wollombi Inn that sunset. But these things have been known to happen on a Muggs' w'end. And everyone did 'front and centre' at 'roll call' the following morn'.

Day 2 and 3 were wonderful fun, as we pummeled 'up hill and down dale' Nth, skirting the Hunter Valley, in pursuit of Paterson, which, upon arrival, didn't disappoint.

A big thanks goes out to Pacific, aka The MapMan, who not only supplied the support vehicle, but provided route maps which, despite our worst efforts to "pay attention and follow Pete's instructions", Pete's maps got us to Paterson on the 2nd night and Morisett on Day 3. Although Ann took the 'long-cut' to charming Morpeth, where we met the tallest cyclist in the world.

The 3rd "Linger 'n Die" will likely be Oct '03. We might vary the route after Day 1 and slip in an extra day to once again make it up to Dungog, where the pubs offer cheap lodgings. However, be it 3 days or 4, we will negotiate ⇩ the price of B&Bs and pub lodgings, 'cause -

we've established a 'critical mass' of participants, and
with a few of us expending a small fortune on re-hydrating at night, 'twasn't a cheap 3 days for some, but heaps of fun.

Planning is 'en train' for Muggs' next w'end sojourn, "Three Blind Mice" Tour de Berry where Muggs' stalwart, Welsh Widget, and her accommodating hubby, Russ, are comfortable about us pitching tent on their 137 acres property at Berry [over a longish w'end] around April or early May '03, to -

do some day rides [incl scaling Kangaroo Valley]; and
shooting the breeze over a few good Reds at night.

If you mused as to where the above-mentioned theme for Tour de Berry stemmed from, ask anyone on L & D who partied at the Wollombi Inn last Friday evening, 'cause a few [triumvirate] of the contingent, incl yours truly, settled into party mode.

Scribe 18 Nov ‘02