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Sunday, 3 May '09 Tour de Wisemans Ferry, return via Cliftonville, Stone House Café Maroota, Halcrows Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd:

* 123km by 7:35am from Longest start spot Hornsby carpark - ETR 2:10pm

* 99.2km at 7:50m from Long start spot Porters Scenic Lookout Dural - ETR 1:10pm

* 84km at 8:05am from Short start spot Glenorie Village Shopping Centre, Old Northern Rd - ETR 1:50pm

The above 3 Start times allow for slower cyclists starting from Dural and Glenorie, and faster cyclists starting from Hornsby and reeling-in the slower cyclists descending into Wisemans Ferry to conjointly arrive at 9:30am

* Bank Teller 'n KayakMan are starting from Porters Scenic Lookout Dural.

* Siggy aka Smiling Assassin and PacificPete are starting from Glenorie Village Shops. Ian & Elfi hope to be there too.

Cyclists MUST dismount and walk across a dangerous bridge 5km West of Wisemans Ferry en route to Cliftonville
Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston 9114.6689 hm or 0434 715.861
Ride single file all the way up Old Northern Rd, and keep well to LHS because some cars drag big speed boats on wide trailers
Hardcopy these directions and bring on ride
Click on: Risk Management which warns of the dangers of cycling on public roads with motor cars, potholes and over bridges with vertical timber planks with gaps, and cycling much slower on downhills on wet roads etc
Cycling with Muggs is predicated upon notifying Bank Teller if you materially disagree with any clause(s) in Muggaccinos' "Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"
Never cycle two abreast on a single lane road with an unbroken centre line, 'cause RTA deems those sections provide inadequate visibility for a motorist to overtake an vehicle ahead.
Maintain your membership of Bicycle NSW for $20m Public Liability cover in case you cause a serious accident and a 3rd party sues you for riding negligence

Nosh Stops:
1st Cafe in Wisemans Ferry 9:30am 30 min
2nd Stone House Café Maroota - optional stop 11:20am 21 min

1st Longer Leg: Hornsby station car-park via Galston Gorge to Wisemans Ferry - 50.5km - 115 min

*    Rollout by 7:35am from Hornsby carpark Nth up Jersey St for 500m,

*    L into Bridge Rd 40m to lights at Old Pacific H’way,

*    R Nth for 700m on Old Pacific H’way,

*    L at lights into Galston Rd for 5km to Galston Gorge noisy timber bridge,

*    Ascend for 3km to Crosslands Rd,

*    L for 1.1km to main roundabout

*    Ahead 600m into Mid Dural Rd for 1.9km to Cnr Mid Dural Rd and Old Northern Rd (14km).

*    R 36.5km up Old Northern Rd to Wisemans Ferry for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 9:30am

1st Long Leg: Porters Scenic Lookout Dural to Wisemans Ferry - 39km - 100 min

7:50am cycle 39.5km due Nth up Old Northern Rd to Wisemans Ferry for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 9:30am.

1st Short Leg: Glenorie Village Shopping Centre to Wisemans Ferry - 30km - 76 min

Park outside the Butcher Shop and Bakery on LHS of Old Northern Rd immediately past Glenorie Village Shopping Centre (2½km Nth of Cattai Ridge Rd). Rollout due north by 8:05am because the other two ride groups will cycle faster Nth up Old Northern Rd to Wisemans Ferry for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) from 9:30am.

2nd Leg: Wisemans Ferry to Stone House Café Maroota - 21.5km - 70 min

10am West along scenic River Rd for 4.8km to dangerous timber bridge where cyclists MUST dismount and walk over 20m timber bridge due to dangerous timber panels with wide gaps, otherwise your wheel could get caught and U could break your neck and be REAL DEAD, REAL FAST;

Continue ahead 9km along scenic River Rd to Cliftonville Lodge Resort with 1 x 390m section and a 2nd 190m gravel roadways which hasn't fazed any cyclist on previous rides;

Upon arriving at Cliftonville Lodge on your RHS, make which is seriously steep for 970m and then Roly Poly for a further 7km to Wisemans Ferry Rd; and

Left along Wisemans Ferry Rd 500m to Stone House Café Maroota for 2nd Nosh Stop (20 min) from 11:30am.

3rd Leg: Stone House Café Maroota to Porters Scenic Lookout Dural - 38.1km - 97 min

11:50am Right SW along Wisemans Ferry Rd for 12km to Halcrows Rd.

Left along Halcrows Rd for 8.1km to Cattai Ridge Rd;

Ahead along Cattai Ridge Rd for 8km to Cnr Cattai Ridge Rd and Post Office Rd.

Cyclists who parked at -

* Glenorie shops should turn Left into Post Office Rd for 2km for a short-cut to their cars - ETR 1:05pm.

* Porters Scenic Lookout Dural should proceed 3km to Old Northern Rd;

Right into Old Northern Rd for 200m passing Bus Stop;

Ahead South 7.4km down Old Northern Rd to Porters Scenic Lookout Dural - ETR 1:10pm.

If cycling back to Hornsby via Galston Gorge - ETR is 1:50pm.

Bank Teller's rap-up of Tour de Austinmer, returning thru RNP - 89km - 8 cyclists

Matt aka Printer was narky in the above pic 'cause Scribe was 5 mins late for rollout from Sutherland Leisure Centre

The above pic, taken into the rising sunlight on Sea Cliff Bridge at Coalcliff, turned-out better than some of the skeptics in the pic forecast, so there!!! L to R - Steve aka AnotherPrinter, Harry aka KayakMan, Greg aka ArchitectToo, Pacific Pete, TreeHugger, and Lois who lives locally in the Shire

	LHS is only pic from our Nosh Stop at Austinmer, 'cause the pic taken inside was all blurry. The Austinmer cafe/restaurant was a bit too de rigueur for us common hoi polloi. To Scribe's disappointment the joint had removed the home made bake beans (chockers full of "healthy" broad bean legumes) from the menu, whereupon Matt and Scribe settled for scrambled eggs on toast. Can't recall what others ordered. When we attempted to pay individually for what we had ordered the lass at the cash register was unaccommodating, whereupon Matt took the initiative by paying for most. In banking parlance Matt was taking "credit default counterparty risk", where his cycle buddies where the "counterparties". Reckon there would 've been a few Muggs who wouldn't 've so readily shelled-out to accommodate "House Rules". In any event, Matt wasn't left out-of-pocket. Hence, we will likely take Lois' recommendation to "cycle another three clicks south" to Thirroul, turn left and follow the bike path "for another click or so", and voila a cheap 'n cheerful cafe called Rubi's Cafe on the LHS approaching Bulli which is popular with cyclists with a magic view of the south coast - see below pic. T'was a beaut ride where the weather turned out better than expected. Seems the Southside for once had the better of climatic conditions. And a lot better than in the Vic Alps, home of the Bright Audax Alpine Classic, where it was blowing at 130km p/h.

The pristine, magestic view from Ruby's Cafe, Bulli Beach which we will Nosh at on our next ride from Sutherland

Harry, amidst a beaut panorama, perhaps pondering the imminent assault of steepish Bald Hill to Stanwell Tops

Some of the contingent back at familiar Otford Apple Pie Shop enjoying the familiar verdant grassy knoll affronting the majestic Blue Pacific which was as flat as a tack head

Scribe 26 Apr '09