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Sunday, 14 Dec – Cinque Montagnes (anti-clockwise) from -
*      Turramurra station 7:00am  100km  ETR  1:05pm; or

*      Hornsby station      7:35am    72km  ETR 12:10pm

•       Cyclists commencing at Turra' do not pass Hornsby start point, rather usually catch those departing from Hornsby when approaching Pie in the Sky

•       Ride Organiser:  Phil Johnston 9498.3684 hm 

•       Hardcopy these ride directions and bring on Sunday

Both below ride start points to arrive at initial Nosh Stop -  Pie in the Sky for Brunch approaching 10am:

 ¨      Longer Ride - Cinque Montagnes [104km]

Arrive Turramurra car park [North/East side of station] for a 7:00am rollout in/out of Bobbin Head, arriving at Kalkari Reserve 1st Sag Stop (5 min) after 13.5km from 7:35am.  4km later, take a R onto Pac Highway at lights after passing Asquith Golf Course on LHS. Then due Nth to the Hawkesbury.

 ¨      Shorter Ride - Three Hills [72km]

Arrive at Hornsby car-park [100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey St] for 7:35am roll out cycling 600m Nth up Jersey St and turn L and 60m later R [at traffic lights] onto Old Pacific Highway for the 26km ride to Pie in the Sky, after scaling the 3.9km climb from Brooklyn Rd.

Both groups pass Cowan station from 8:05am.  After passing Pie in the Sky and descend to water level, we 'U' turn at Brooklyn Rd around 8:30am for the hard fought slog back up to the pie shop for 1st Nosh Stop (25 min) at Pie in the Sky approaching 8:50am (skip the climb from Brooklyn Rd if you're slow).

9:15am we return Sth for about 8.2km before taking a R into Berowra Waters Rd and descend to picturesque Berowra Waters for 2nd Sag Stop (15 min) around 9:50am during ride on the punt. [Or continue south and return to either Hornsby [46km] or Turra’ [76km] car parks]. 

After cycling thru rural Berrilee and Arcadia arrive at 2nd Nosh Stop (35 min)  - Green Shades Nursery Café Galston [9653.1500ph] (10% surcharge) for lunch from 11:00am - leave bikes outside the rest rooms and inside the green metal doors on LHS.

Allowing a 35 min repast if the weather is pleasant, we commence our return home via Galston George at 11:35am pulling in at the familiar Hornsby Heights' bus shelter at 12:00pm for 3rd Sag Stop (5 min).

ETR -
¨             Hornsby     12:10pm -   72km - 3 hills

¨             Turra'             1:05pm - 100km - 5 hills

Rap-up of Sunday, 3rd Linger 'n Die,

Mt White 'n Peats Ridge

Kulnura

Wollombi

Paterson, Kurri & Morrisett

Muggs 3rd Linger 'n Die proved an enjoyable experience notwithstanding 3 wettish days and a few bumps 'n bruises, which goes with the territory when sharing the road with jalopies a lot bigger.

The two unsung heroes were Pacific Pete 'n Publican who provided the two Sag Wagons.   Pete helped heaps in steering us thru a safe route on Day 2, albeit twenty clicks more than Scribe had advertised.  Publican selflessly lugged lots of bags too and fro in his Ute, so no one was put out.

The Scribe   7 Dec '03