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 Sunday, 19 Oct:

¨    "Cinque Montagnes" - clockwise from 
Turra’ @ 7am – 100km  ETR 1:10pm

¨    “Trois Montagnes” – clockwise from 
Hornsby @ 7:45am – 71km  ETR 12:20pm

q   Ride Organiser:   Phil J - 9312.3319 wk or w'end

q   Hardcopy these instructions and bring on Sunday

q   Cyclists from the primary/longer departure point of Turramurra do not
pass the shorter Hornsby departure spot - usually meet them ascending 
Galston Rd just before 1st Nosh Stop at GreenShades Nursery Café.

Snapshot:

1st Leg: Turra 31.5km or Hornsby 16km to GreenShades Nursery Galston

Detailed Spec:

¨        Longer Ride - Cinque Montagnes [100km]
Arrive Turramurra car park [N/E side of station] for an 7am rollout in/out of Bobbin Head, arriving at Kalkari Reserve for our 1st Sag Stop (5 min) after 13.5km around 8:05am.  Heading for Galston Gorge, via Hornsby Heights, we take a left into Belmont Pde. [becomes Royston Rd] hugging Asquith Golf Course on LHS.  We join Pac. Highway after R into Baldwin St and crossing over railway line at Asquith train station where after veering R at traffic lights continue SW and shortly take a R into Galston Rd and pedal twds Hornsby Heights.

¨        Shorter Ride - Trois Montagnes [70km]
Arrive at Hornsby car-park [100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey St] for 7:45am roll out cycle Nth up Jersey St for 300m, 
L and proceed 40m to lights at Old Pacific H’way, 
R and pedal 800m Nth; and 
L at lights at Galston Rd and cycle twds Hornsby Heights.

The route now becomes common for both start spots as riders cycle N/W thru Hornsby Heights to descend to Galston Gorge and climb 3km to 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at Green Shades Café Galston [9653.1500ph] (10% surcharge) arriving around 8:30am after 30.2km (from Turra’).  

2nd Leg: GreenShades Nursery to Pie in the Sky - 37km

9:05am, pedal Nth along Galston Rd/Arcadia Rd which changes to Bay Rd at pastoral Berrilee, where a few km later after passing the familiar Koppers Log KOM we descend to picturesque Berowra Waters for our 2^nd Sag Stop (10 min) - ride on the punt.  After another familiar climb, take a 3^rd Sag Stop (10 min) in park if sunny or under cover at Pool Shop, before re-entering the Old Pacific H'way from Berowra Waters Rd. (51.5km) at 10:25am and cycle N past Cowan station and Pie in the Sky before descending to U turn at Brooklyn Rd before climbing 3.9km back to Pie in the Sky at 11:10am (68.5km) for our 2^nd Nosh Stop (30 min).

3rd Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby 19km or Turra 31.5km

11:40pm commence return home -

¨        enter Bobbin Head onto Turra' - ETR 1:10pm – 100km; or

¨        continue onto Hornsby - ETR 12:20pm - 71km.

Bank Teller's rap-up of Sunday, 12 Oct, Tour de Whale Beach

Muggs are a so-piss-ticated lot, 'cause after a night of roistering and revelry at Kaza's 40th b'day party the previous night, there were a lot of "no-shows" this morn' with only 8 starters.

Our 3rd Sag Stop at The Serpentine, where the surf was gynormous.

Our 2nd Nosh Stop was at Akuna Bay where Bank Teller proposed that he station himself at Illawong Bay park to take some action pics.  Scribe exalted the crew to ride by in single file, "I'll be out on the road, 'cause the pic will blur if it is a side-on shot.  Just ride past my left shoulder super-quick and make it look as though you are going really fast."
A few mins later Tornado, ever keen to see a good pic (of Trev) came flying by at about 50km/h and all but took Scribe's left shoulder with him, as he screamed past Bank Teller barely a millimetre to spare.  Fortunately, Scribe had stopped spinning like a turnstile in time to snap Heineken who wasn't far behind.

Top Left clockwise - Tornado, Heineken, Ian 'n Colnago.

We clocked ourselves over the 5.6km KOM climb from the TollBooth at Illawong Bay past Cottage Point Rd, to the TollBooth approaching McCarrs Creek Rd.  These times are in the KOM spreadsheet for "Illawong Bay TollBooth to top TollBooth."  Tornado averaged 21.6km, Suzy aka Colnago came in 2nd averaging 20.24km/h, Heineken was 2 seconds later ave 20.20km/h, with Scribe an eternity later averaging 14.02 and Ian 12.95km/h.  The Flash, whom we met at Akuna Bay (pictured above) 'phoned in post ride a 19m 28s time over the 5.6km leg.

Scribe  - 12 Oct '03