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:
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 (335 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 [66km].

 

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.

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.  

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