Muggaccinos Pedlars Sunday Cyclists The Bullsheet

Sunday, 8:15am 16 June, Yarramalong Manor for lunch - "Iron Horse” home from Wyong:

  • Hornsby - 93km - ETR 3:06pm

  • Berowra - 80.5km - ETR 2:55pm

  • Or cycle back from Mt White - 71km - ETR 11:40am

q      Ride Leaders:
    *    Phil Johnston  9498.3684 hm
    *    Brian Willis  9807.6439 hm
q      Hardcopy this ride description and bring on Sunday

q      Ride 2 abreast on single lane roads at own peril

q      Get off the roadway at Sag Stops

Snapshot:
With no track work on the Wyong line, park at Hornsby 
station car-park [80m Nth of Railway Hotel in Jersey St - N/W side of Hornsby station] by 8:05am to rollout BY 8.15am passing Berowra station at 8:45am.  Nosh Stops at Mt White, Peats Ridge and Yarramalong Manor, to catch an Express train home from Wyong at 1:37pm or 2:37pm - returns to Hornsby at 1:36pm or 2:36pm respectively.  Or catch an All-Stops 18 min later.  Our route is due N up the Old Pacific H’way, so if you're slow, start from 8:05am.

 

1st Leg:  Hornsby to Mt White - 35.5km

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

Rollout BY 8.15am, -

  • Nth up Jersey St for 200m,

  • L for 20m to traffic lights;

  • R onto Old Pacific Highway for 35.2km, passing Berowra station at 8:45am, for 1st Nosh Stop (20 mins) at Mt White Village Store from 9:45am.

 

2nd Leg:  Mt White to Peats Ridge - 21.2km

Depart Bikie Hangout by 10:05am -

  • Nth along Old Pacific H'way for 6.2km;

  • L into Peats Ridge Rd for 15km continuous, gradual climb for Sag Stop (10 mins) at Midcoast Petroleum, Peats Ridge from 11:05am.

 

3rd Leg:  Peats Ridge to Yarramalong Manor - 17.2km

After re-mounting at 11:15am, -

  • Nth along Peats Ridge Rd for 400m;

  • L into George Downs Drive and continuing 8.7km NNW, crossing Wisemans Ferry Rd at Central Mangrove;

  • R into Springs Rd for a Sag Stop (3 min), thence 2.5km East twds Bumble Hill, then it becomes Greta Rd for 2km up Bumble Hill, then 3.4km descending Bumble Hill;

  • R for 60m to 2nd Nosh Stop (55 mins) for brunch from 12:05am at delightful, serene Yarramalong Manor.

 

4th Leg:  Yarramalong Manor to Wyong station - 18.8km
By 1pm 18.8km flat/fast hit-out E along Yarramalong Rd into Wyong, arriving by 1:50pm to catch ($7.80 fare) –

  • 1:37pm Express (or 2:37pm) 59 min to Hornsby 2:36pm (or 3:36pm); or 

  • 1:55pm all-stops (or 2:45pm) 71 min to Hornsby 3:06pm (or 3:56pm).

 

Bank Teller's rap-up of Sunday, 9 June Brunch at Whale Beach, with lunch at Akuna - 81km - 10 riders

After several weeks of suss weather, we jagged a bonza day to soak up the ambience of our Eastern seaboard; coastline from Mona Vale to Whale Beach looked a Corker, as Calm as a Mill Pond.  10 rolled out from St Ives - Whippet, Malvern Star, ToothFairy, Navigator, BigGears, Ellie-May, Bazza 'n his buddy, NewChum Pete 'n Scribe.  Pacific Pete joined the caravan at the Fruit Barn.

 

After a 5 min Sag Stop at Church Point [20km], which also looked a picture, we arrived at Whale Beach Restaurant at 9:40am [35km].  ToothFairy 'n Teller went for the Cholesterol Brekkies, with lots of Googie Eggs, whilst most others opted for more discerning Carbo Charges.

 

The last two to depart Whale Beach for the 2nd Leg returning back, via Akuna Bay, were Pacific 'n Teller.  Still unsure how, but somehow the two RearGuards got ahead of the Peloton.  After a reconnoiter on the ubiquitous cell 'phone, the two Snails waited (approaching Bungan Beach) for the Early Birds to catch back up.

 

Squaw Chores were a callin' ToothFairy, Whippet, Bazza and BigGears who continued back to St Ives.  The rest of us turned R at McCarrs Creek and 5½km later took a 2nd Nosh Stop at Akuna Bay.  Alas, Pacific's prophecies about the incompetent service from a raft of preening, coquettish, elfin counter-staff at the Akuna Bay Café proved an understatement.  But we eventually got served, although we weren't sure what was in Pacific's soup.

 

Just as the familiar Jazz band was setting up, we vamoosed the sunny, waterside courtyard for the 20km final leg scaling out of Akuna, for the familiar run S/W along Myoora Rd and Mona Vale Rd, incl that "nasty little hill" on the dog-leg left approaching St Ives.  Around 1:40pm we returned to our jalopies well satisfied with a colourful 81km sortie on a balmy early Winter's morn'.

 

Scribe's rap-up of Monday, 10 June Brunch at Berowra Waters - 61km - 5 riders

 

As this ride was organised only the day before 5 starters was a fair result - Tornado, Teller, Princess Monaco rolled out of Wahroonga Park at 8:33am and picked-up Rock Solid outside Hornsby Pool.  It was another fine Winter's morn', however, there was a nip in the air, especially whilst descending both to the Gorge and to our Nosh at Berowra Waters.

 

Heaven forbid we met another Kiwi South Islander at Berowra Waters.  Tyro Mick, who also studied at Uni of Dunedin can also hammer up the hills, so much so that he kept Trev on his metal for the remainder of our 61km Trois Montagnes sojourn.

Princess Caroline, Trevor, Rock Solid, Teller 'n Tyro Mick at Berowra Waters where the $8.50 "Sausages, eggs 'n bacon" Breakfast Special is mega value.  Looks like a giraffe or sea urchin lurking twds Trev from the shoreline, but its only an optical illusion, 'cause Trev couldn't stayed that cool if he thought he was about to get his ear chewed!  Besides Loch Ness monsters are only a myth.

 

The Scribe 'n Whippet     11 June 2002