Muggaccinos Pedlars Sunday Cyclists The Bullsheet

Anzac Day, Thursday, 25 Apr, 7:15am from St Ives “Bayview Marina Cafe for Brekkie”– 59m - ETR 10:55am

Ride contact: Phil Johnston 9498.3684 hm

Pull well to the LHS at the only Sag Stop - at Mona Vale Fruit Barn

Cycle two abreast at own risk

Stronger riders incl. 4km adjunct twds Cottage Pt.

1st ride leg - St Ives to Bayview Marina Café - 35km

  • E along Mona Vale Rd for 6.2km, thence L [opposite Forest Way - at Mona Vale Fruit Barn] into Myoora Rd and take a Sag Stop (3 min) to pick-up ant local crew.

  • 3.2km along Myoor Larool Rd and R into Booralie Rd and 700m later L into McCarrs Creek Rd for a Sag Stop (3 min) opposite Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant to discuss who is including the 4km adjunct twds Cottage Point.

  • Descend into the park.  At the V (dual entrances to the park) take clockwise L fork and descend to Cottage Point turn-off [15.4km] where stronger riders will L along Liberator General San Martin Drive twds Cottage Point for 2km to apex (half way to Cottage Point) and Sag Stop (3 min only) and return and L back onto Akuna Bay Rd.

  • Weaker cyclists skip Cottage Point 4km section and continue descending to/past Illawong Bay, Akuna Bay, climb to "T" juncture [27km] and R to McCarrs Creek bridge.

  • L onto McCarrs Creek Rd, past Church Point to 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Bayview Marina Café [35.5km] from 9:10am.  

2nd ride leg - Bayview Marina to St Ives - 23.5km
 At 9:40am we return directly with a Sag Stop (5 min) at "V" entrance to Akuna Bay [47km] to St Ives for 2nd Nosh Stop at Pattisons Patisserie - ETR 10:55am.

Scribe's rap-up of Brunch at Pearl Beach - 87km

18 cyclists gathered at our 1st Nosh Stop at the Mt White Village Store from 9:10am, after everyone had gone gangbusters over the 35km initial leg.  Yamaha, Rolf, Andrew, Whippet were the first in, with Whippet furnishing a PB for the arduous 35km of 1:13m @ 28.7km/h. Neon Lights aka Claude, BigGears, and Navigator weren't far afield.  Publican (fresh from a week's interval training from Manilla to Walcha) eventually flogged Scribe in the ball-terror climb out of Pearl Beach after lunch, but Publican and Widget were none to pleased when Teller piped 'em on the line when he rushed passed 'em 300m short of The Bikie Hangout.

Speedster Andrew, who'd kept Whippet's and Yamaha's throttles to the floor all the way to Mt White, together with Princess Monaco and PapaBear, turned around at Mt White, with 15 continuing N/E for the 18.5km Second Leg to Kariong.

After a quickish 21km 3rd Leg, down to Sth Woy Woy and further south to Pearl Beach, we savored our 3rd Nosh Stop [45 mins] from 11:40am, after a hard fought 74.7km, at the Sit ‘N’ Chat Beach Café (4341.3686 ph) where the service was quick and the Prima coffee superb.

All bar Oakley and Andrew E in the below pic had cycled the Main Drag to Pearl, but the two with local knowledge had scurried their way around an off-road mountain bike cement path (along the coast from Umina to Pearl), thereby circumventing the Killer Climb into/out of The Toffs' Playground.

The little nipper (almost totally obscured) on Teller's shoulder (centre back) doing the High Five is the son of the lady who volunteered to take this pic at Woy Woy station as we awaited the 1:27pm Old Rattler back to Hornsby.

The Scribe 'n The Whippet     29 April 2002