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Sunday, 16 Nov, Somersby "Bellbirds" Peats Ridge anti-clockwise:
*  7:20am Hornsby 125km - ETR Hornsby 3pm
*  7:40am Berowra 103km - ETR Berowra 2:10pm

Or turnaround at Mt White - 71km round trip from Hornsby - ETR 10:30am

• Train departs Hornsby at 7:30am which arrives Berowra at 7:42am, passing Milsons Point 6:23am, Chatswood 6:36am, Turra' 6:50am

• If driving to Berowra, take 2nd off-road from Freeway

• The hypertext at "Sun" in "Rides Calendar 2003 - July to Sept" adjacent to 19-Oct-03 is an Altitude Profile for this ride - we commence at Hornsby at 150m above sea level, drop to almost sea level when crossing Hawkesbury River and ascend to 300m around Peats Ridge

• Ride Leader:   Phil Johnston  9498.3684 hm

• Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

• Let Brian or Phil know if you are commencing from Hornsby

• Ride in single file on single lane roads, 'cause a RedNeck might clip ya!

1st Leg: Hornsby to Mt White Bikie Hangout - 35.5km - 87 min

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

Rollout by 7:20am, -

• N up Jersey St  for 200m,

• L for 20m to traffic lights;

• R onto Old Pacific Highway for 35.2km, where the Berowra contingent will commence ahead of the marauding/encroaching Peloton opposite Berowra station from 7:40am, for 1st Nosh Stop (from 8:45am for 30 min) at Mt White Village Store.  Under new management the Segafredo Zanetti café is heap plenty better than under the previous management.

2nd Leg: Mt White to Somersby General Store - 24.5km (60km) - 70 min

9:15am -

• 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 uphill for 6.5km to "Wisemans Ferry / Gosford Roundabout" for Sag Stop (5 min) off-the-road

• L into Wisemans Ferry Rd for 7.5km to Somersby General Store (4372.1269ph) for a 2nd Nosh Stop (from 10:25am for 30 min) - good burgers.

3rd Leg: Somersby General Store to Peats Ridge - 9.5km (70km) - 25 min

By 11am -

• L along Wisemans Ferry Rd for 200m

• L down "on-ramp" along Peats Ridge Rd for 9.3km to MidCoast Petroleum for Sag Stop [10 min] from 11:35am.

4th Leg: Peats Ridge to Mt White - 20.6km (90km) - 50 min

11:45am -

• 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 [5 min] from 12:35pm.

5th Leg: Mt White to Pie in the Sky - 16.1km (106km) - 41 min

12:40pm 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 [25 min] from 1:20pm.

6th Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby - 19.3km (125.5km) - 60 min

1:45pm Sth down Old Pacific H'way -

• pass Berowra [115km] around 2:05pm, and

• return to Hornsby, taking R fork at Asquith, continuing along Old Pacific H'way [125.5km] at 2:45pm.

Scribe's rap-up of Sunday, 9 Sept, Tour de Warriewood - 92km

On a warmish bright morn' after 35 clicks, 25 crew took an extended breather to shot the breeze at West Head after sorties to the Fruit Barn, past the home of Skippy, Duffy's Forest, on to the "U" turn at cow corner.  Thence returning to the Thai Restaurant for a fleeting Sag Stop, whereupon, full steam ahead to the Headland. Two classic one-liners came out of today's coastal ride.  1.     Whilst assembling in St Ives car-park, Scribe announced that Sputnik had recently completed the arduous 1,200km 'Paris Brest Paris' Audax Supremo ultra endurance event in the requisite <36 hrs.  Sergey commented that particularly during the second 600km, Sputnik often pondered that he wasn't aware that there were so many parts of the body that could possibly all hurt at the same time. 2.      Twds the end of today's ride, Scribe had further problem with a bothersome chain.  Earlier Greenie and Heineken had ably repaired Scribe's chain, buy removing a link.  At the crest of Wakehurst Parkway, Scribe suffered a repetition with a link squeezing out the post pin.  Heineken enquired of Greenie, "Is it the same link as before?"  Greenie, rightly retorted, "How would I possibly know.  There are about 39 links in that chain, and they all look the same."

When was the last time you saw a Muggs' pic where the turkey gobblers were looking at the feed bowl?  The below two pics are not inconsistent with the above two.

Publican 'n Samurai wouldn't know what a real BrownEye was.  As evidenced by Koala Bear's complete apathy to his compatriots' anal protest, as he still continued to order tucker.  Flash and Smiling Assassin, who evidenced Bank Teller's 'Brown-Eye' from the Berowra Waters punt many moons ago, when Scribe did the Full Monte from aboard the ferry - no pun intended.  If you want to see a real 'moon', check out the final pic in Bicycles are Better than Women

The Scribe  - 9 Nov 2003

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