Muggaccinos Pedlars Sunday Cyclists The Bullsheet

 

Sunday, 21 July, 8:30am from St Ives "Brunch at Church Point" return Wakehurst Parkway - 77km - ETR 12:45pm

  • Ride contact:   Phil Johnston    9498.3684 hm

  • Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

  • Keep to LHS.  Don't ride two abreast on single lane roads.  Get off the road at Sag Stops

  • Cycling without Public Liability cover is as stupid as driving without 3rd Party - join Bicycle NSW for PL insurance

Snapshot
St Ives car park Mona Vale Rd [opposite Pattisons Patisserie and Stanley St. junction] BY 8:20am for 8:30am rollout.  If you are a slowcoach, leave early and cycle E along Mona Vale Rd.  After our customary 14km Duffy's Forest out/back, we enter Akuna Bay clockwise.  Upon completing the circle to McCarrs Creek we head for Church Point Café for 1st Nosh Stop from 10:25am (30 min) [41.5km] adjacent to the water’s edge.  Rookies can cycle 20.1km directly to Church Point and retrace back unaccompanied if they want to.  Or then cycle with us to Mona Vale and pedal S down Pittwater Rd taking a L at Mona Vale Hospital for 3km of coastal backroads to Wakehurst Parkway, thence Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd back to St Ives Or then cycle with us to Mona Vale and pedal S down Pittwater Rd taking a L at Mona Vale Hospital for 3km of coastal backroads to Wakehurst Parkway, thence Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd back to St Ives Or then cycle with us to Mona Vale and pedal S down Pittwater Rd taking a L at Mona Vale Hospital for 3km of coastal backroads to Wakehurst Parkway, thence Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd back to St Ives Or then cycle with us to Mona Vale and pedal S down Pittwater Rd taking a L at Mona Vale Hospital for 3km of coastal backroads to Wakehurst Parkway, thence Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd back to St Ives .  Rookies can cycle 20.1km directly to Church Point and retrace back unaccompanied if they want to.  Or then cycle with us to Mona Vale and pedal S down Pittwater Rd taking a L at Mona Vale Hospital for 3km of coastal backroads to Wakehurst Parkway, thence Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd back to St Ives (30 min) [41.5km] adjacent to the water’s edge.  Rookies can cycle 20.1km directly to Church Point and retrace back unaccompanied if they want to.

Or cycle with us to Mona Vale and pedal S down Pittwater Rd taking a L at Mona Vale Hospital for 3km of coastal backroads to Wakehurst Parkway, thence Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd back to St Ives [77km - ETR 12:45pm].

 

1st Leg: St Ives to Church Point - 43km
 Depart St Ives car-park by 8:30am -

  • E along Mona Vale Rd for 6.2km;

  • L [opposite Forest Way - at Mona Vale Fruit Barn] into Myoora Rd and take a fleeting 1st Sag Stop (3 min);

  • 3km along Myoor Larool Rd until 70m before Booralie Rd;

  • L into Tepko Rd (75m short of Booralie Rd) for 400m;

  • L into Booralie Rd and pedal like "shit out of Shanghai" 6.7km flat/fast stretch past Terrey Hills Golf Course and rifle range to Duffys Forest (amidst real pigs, goats, horses 'n cows);

  • "U" turn at the dead-end of Cow Corner – if you are dragging the chain, cut the corner - and return via same route and pull up 150m past Terrey Hills neighbourhood shopping centre [opposite Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant] for a 2nd Sag Stop [3 min];

  • Around 9:30am enter Ku’ring’gai Chase National Park down McCarrs Creek Rd;

  • At the V (dual entrances to the park) take clockwise [L fork] and descend past Cottage Point, Illawong Bay, Akuna Bay and climb to "T" juncture (West Head is 12km on LHS) for 3rd Sag Stop (3 min);

  • R and descend to McCarrs Creek and on to Church Point [441.5km] at 10:25am 1st Nosh Stop (35min).

 

2nd Leg: Church Point to St Ives, via Wakehurst Parkway - 33½km
 At 11am,

  • L continuing along Pittwater Rd to Mona Vale for 6km;

  • R at lights for 1km;

  • L off Pittwater Rd into Coronation St (twds Mona Vale Hospital) for 250m;

  • R into Sydney Rd for 1.5km; 

  • Sth adjacent to the coast along Sydney Rd, then it becomes Ocean St,

  • R into Waterloo St for 300m; 

  • R into Pittwater Rd for 100m crossing bridge over Narrabeen Lakes;

  • veer L into Wakehurst Parkway for a toughish 9.9km (initially flat past Narrabeen Lakes thence a constant, gradual climb - 61.7km @ 12:05pm); 

  • approaching crest of climb at cnr French Forest Rd at lights take Sag Stop (5 min)

  • R into French Forest Rd for 800m;

  • R into Rabbett St. for 200m decent;

  • L into Adams St for a 200m "real tough" grind/climb;

  • R onto Forest Way for 5.3km

  • L into Mona Vale for final 6.2km flattish hit-out back to St Ives.

 ETR 12:45am - 77km.

 

Scribe's rap-up of Sunday, 14 July, Tour de Windsor - 97km

After a beaut warmish Sat, alas Sunday greeted us with a nippy, sunless morn'.  Maria, aka PBP (a Paris Brest Paris 1,200km finisher), and hubby Alan, aka Monte, joined us from Hurstville.  Upon Publican "getting-a-wriggle-on", we headed down Kissing Point Rd with Widget 'whinging' 'n whining' that she was too hot in her Kiwi fluffy Winter jersey.  Following the decent to a frosty, but dryish creek at Browns Waterhole, Brenda might've rued her wailing and been glad for her flannels.  With Publican and BigGears AWOL, it was only Whippet 'n Sputnik to bolster the Peloton at the M2 entrance pickup point.

 

At 10:35am, after 48.5km - the latter 11km thru rural/rustic  "Salem Country", we met-up with Pacific and ToothFairy who'd commenced from Dural Info Centre and, after traversing past some mansions in Dural's hill country had taken the flattish Dog Pound Alley (Pitt Town Rd) to Windsor.

L to R at Windsor - Whippet, Teller, Publican, ToothFairy, Widget, Pacific, Sputnik, PBP 'n Monte

 

The Nth'ly aspect offered by Aldo's Pizza shop, on the way-in to Thompsons' Square, scored Muggs' patronage in the hope/expectation that someone might flick the "On Switch" to the inept Ball in the Sky.  Around 11:15am, ToothFairy rustled us into action for the 49km return-leg via Cattai Ridge, incl. that dreaded ball-terror climb from the creek.

 

Around 2pm, after we'd bade tar tahs to Ann and Pete, we settled in at GreenShades for a welcome 2nd Nosh.  Our waitress "didn't take an lip from no one", and was as sharp as a tack - scrubbed-up good too.  

Sputnik holding court at GreenShades early arvo L to R - Publican, PBP, Monte, Sputnik, Whippet 'n Widget

 

The grub was grouse, and with ToothFairy's whip not in sight, we got side-tracked and our schedule slipped.  Hence, it wasn't 'till 3:40pm that the Turra' contingent returned, although Whippet 'n Sputnik still had some clicks to crunch back to Eastwood/Ryde.  Sputnik, Whippet 'n Publican fought out the Yellow Jersey.  PBP and Monte appeared as though they could go all day, and then some more.  But Widget 'n Scribe, averaging just under 23km/h over the 97km Duo Montagnes sojourn West, had done good too.

 

Bank Teller   23 July '02