•      Ride Organiser:   Phil J - 9498.3684

•      Hardcopy these instructions and bring on Sunday

•      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 35.5km or Hornsby 16km to Grumpy's Cafe Nth Galston

Detailed Spec:

¨        Longer Ride - Cinque Montagnes [100km]
6:45am rollout from Turramurra car park [N/E side of station] in/out of Bobbin Head, arrivee Kalkari Reserve for our 1st Sag Stop (5 min) after 13.5km around 7:50am.  Head for Galston Gorge, via Hornsby Heights, we Left into Belmont Pde. [becomes Royston Rd] hugging Asquith Golf Course on LHS.  Join Pac. Highway after R into Baldwin St and crossing over railway line at Asquith train station, then veer R at traffic lights continue SW and shortly 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 7:30am -
*    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.

Route now becomes common for both start points as riders cycle N/W thru Hornsby Heights to descend to Galston Gorge and climb 3km and Right onto Arcadia rd for 3km to Grumpy's Cafe for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) arriving around 8:25am after 35.5km (from Turra’).  

2nd Leg: Grumpy's Cafe to Pie in the Sky - 34km

8:55am, 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 10:10am 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 10:55am (68.5km) for our 2^nd Nosh Stop (30 min).

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

11:25pm commence return home -

¨        enter Bobbin Head onto Turra' - ETR 12:55pm – 100km; or

¨        continue onto Hornsby - ETR 12:05pm - 71km.

Bank Teller's rap-up of Thurs, New Year's day Tour de Stanwell Park and Garie Beach

Twas a wonderful ride on a pristine morn' where in the wooded overhang, the locusts chant was occasionally deafening.  5 solitary souls - Greg, Koala Bear, Whippet, Navigator 'n Bank Teller - enjoyed an 80km Southside saunter when many Muggs were, no doubt, recovering from sore noggins.

Our ride incorporated 4 KOM climbs and an easy one out of Flat Rock. 
Below is Navigator's summation:

Greg from Mortdale, Navigator, Whippet 'n Koala Bear in front of an RTA barrier at Coalcliff which Steve McQueen circa The Great Escape would 've struggled to breach, although the sleeping old gopher on point duty, whom Whippet struggled to wake, wouldn't have been an impediment.

Scribe  - 29 Dec '03