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Muggaccinos Pedlars Sunday Cyclists The Bullsheet
Sunday,
14 July - Tour
de Windsor:
i)
Turramurra @ 8:20am
via M2
- 99km - ETR 3pm;
or
ii)
Dural @ 9am
via Pitt
Town Rd - 66km - ETR 1pm
Ø
Ride
contact:
Phil
Johnston 9498.3684 hm.
Ø
Hardcopy these directions and bring
on Sunday
Ø Spend 10 mins studying your UBD/Gregory's to
familiarize the below directions
Snapshot:
Both start groups meet-up at
1st Nosh
Stop
in Macquarie St Windsor from
10:30am. By
11:10am, all return via Pitt Town, Scheyville, Maraylya, Glenorie; thence either -
* to Dural (66km)
- ETR 12:45pm;
or
* L to Galston, Hornsby, Turra'
(99km) - ETR 2:35pm.
a)
Two alternate 1st Legs to
Windsor
i) 1st
Leg:
from Turramurra station
to Windsor
– 48.5km:
Rollout
at 8:20am 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 10:30am at Kate's Place Café in historic
Thompson Square
off George St. Windsor.
Detailed
instructions of Turra' to
Windsor:
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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 (3 mins) 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:
9am
-
-
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 10:30am for our
1st Nosh Stop (3 35 min)
at Kate's Place Café in historic Thompson Square off George St. Windsor.
b) 2nd
Leg: Return to
either start point
via Pitt Town, Scheyville, Maraylya, Glenorie, thence to Dural or Galston/Hornsby/Turra'
By
11:15am
-
-
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 cycling
S,
-
The
Turra’
crew after
800m turns L into Wylds Rd and R into Arcadia Rd to GreenShades Café for a
2nd Nosh Stop
(35 min) [80.5km]
at 1pm. Thence, at
1:35pm its down/up the Gorge with a Sag
Stop (5 min) at the KOM Bus Shelter [88km] , thence onto to Hornsby, where we short-cut
along the east side of the rail line. ETR Turra’ 3:30pm
[97.6km].
The
Dural contingent continues S along Old
Northern Rd for 4.5km with an
ETR of
1pm at
Dural Tourist Info Centre
[66 km].
Scribe's
rap-up of Sunday, 7 July, Quatre Montagnes anti-clockwise
- only 76km, but 4 killer climbs
10
crew, albeit all males, rolled out of Turra' on an unseasonably warm, sparklin'
blue Winter's morn' - only a minute late, thanks to Bazza
rankling that "8:30am is too late". Even Publican
arrived on time. After our customary 3.2km hammer up to Kalkari, 'twas Nth
up the Pac H'way for 7.9km where we hooked a L into Berowra Waters
Rd. Alas, we lost Sputnik somewhere just afterwards, seemingly at
the 2nd roundabout where we turned R heading Nth twds Berowra
Waters. At Berowra Waters Café amidst brill
sunshine at our agreeable waterside alcove we caught up with Dieter and
Helga who'd recently returned from 4½ weeks holidaying in central Europe, incl
some tough days pedaling.
![](berowra_cafe.JPG)
Tandem,
a contemplative Bazza, Blonde Bombshell and Dieter soaking up the
sun at Berowra Waters
After
a longish Nosh (hoping that Sergey would find us),
we beat up the 3.4km incline along Bay Rd to Koppers Log, where
fortuitously BigGears convened a fleeting Sag allowing Teller,
Publican and Tornado's mate, Garry to catch up.
![](koppers_log.JPG)
Whippet,
Tornado, Navigator 'n BigGears at Koppers Log KOM
Then it was SW
along Bay Rd/Arcadia Rd to the "Galston Rd roundabout" for
a L, then 1.1km to the R to descend the Gorge. After a
keenly contested 3.2km slog up to Hornsby Heights, we took a welcome Sag Stop
at the familiar "resuscitation tent" [Bus Shelter] after 53km. Thence it was back to Turra' via
Bobbin Head arriving earlish at 1:10pm after 76km. The speed merchants of Tornado,
BigGears, Whippet 'n Navigator would 've averaged 23/25km, with Publican
'n Teller last home @ 21.5km - but there had been 4 hills to slow us up.
NB: With Sputnik AWOL from Berowra onwards, so too was our digital toy, but
by chance Andy Price, who hadn't ridden with Muggs for a couple of
years, had brought along another new fangled camera, and sent thru
the above 2 pics via cyber pigeon.
The
Scribe 9
July 2002
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