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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
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Ride
contact:
Phil Johnston 9498.3684
hm
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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].
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1st
Leg: St Ives to Church Point -
43km
Depart St Ives car-park by 8:30am -
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E along Mona Vale Rd
for
6.2km;
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L [opposite Forest Way - at Mona Vale Fruit Barn] into Myoora Rd and
take a fleeting 1st Sag Stop
(3 min);
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3km along Myoor Larool
Rd until 70m before Booralie Rd;
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L into
Tepko Rd (75m short
of Booralie Rd) for
400m;
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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);
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"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];
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Around 9:30am enter Ku’ring’gai Chase National Park down McCarrs Creek
Rd;
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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);
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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,
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;
th
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
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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. ![](windsor.jpg)
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. ![](greenshades.jpg)
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
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