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The Bullsheet
Sunday,
25 July, 8:30am from St Ives for "Brunch at Warriewood" -
return
via Wakehurst Parkway -
95km
- ETR 2:30pm
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Ride
Leader: Brian Willis 9807.6439 Ride Organiser: Phil
Johnston 9498.3684
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Hardcopy
these directions and bring on Sunday
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Cycle
2 abreast on single lane roads at own peril
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Get
well off the road at Sag Stops
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Road
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fellow Mugg or motorist
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Snapshot:
Rollout St Ives 8:30am Terrey Hills, Duffy’s Forest, West Head (1st Nosh Stop) – pack nibbles)
from
10:25am,
Church Point, Warriewood (2nd Nosh Stop)
from 12pm.
Return Wakehurst Parkway and Forest Way - ETR St Ives 2pm.
SagStops:
1.
Mona Vale Fruit Barn from 8:50am (3 min)
2. Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant from
9:30am (3 min)
3.
Cabbage Tree Rd
from 11:35am (3 min)
4.
Cnr
French Forest
Rd and Wakehurst Parkway from 1:15pm (5 min)
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1st
Leg: St Ives to
West Head, via Duffys Forest - 41km - 113 min
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 Sag Stop
(3 min) from
8:50am;
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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 –
slower cyclists must turn around
as soon as they see lead cyclists returning to
return via same route and pull up
under shady tree [left of the white road line]
150m past Terrey Hills
neighbourhood shopping centre [opposite
Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant] for a
Sag Stop
(3 min)
from
9:25am;
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Down McCarrs Creek
Rd enter Ku’ring’gai Chase National Park for 3km to
"V" (dual entrances to the park);
R
at the
"V" anti-clockwise
and descend
to
McCarrs Creek;
L
over bridge for 1.5km to "T"
juncture (Akuna Bay Marina is
2.8km on
LHS);
Ahead 12km
along West Head Rd to the headland.
Pack lots of nibbles, ‘cause
we take our 1st Nosh Stop (15
min) from
10:25am for a snack and
a gawk at the majestic, shimmering blue
peninsula - Pittwater/Lion Island stuff.
2nd
Leg: West
Head to Warriewood - 28km - 71 min
10:40am
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Return
12km to "T" juncture with Akuna Bay,
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Ahead
descending 1.5km to McCarrs Creek bridge at 11:25am [55km],
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L
into
McCarrs Creek Rd for 8.8km past Church Point, Bayview Marina and pulling up 50m before Cabbage Tree Rd
(or immediately after turning,
R into Cabbage Tree Rd
for Sag Stop
from 10am - lift bike off the road above gutter
(5 min)
(Bayview Golf Course will be on both L
and
R);
Ahead
for 1.5km leads into Samuel St and crosses
Mona Vale Rd at roundabout,
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R
into Warriewood Rd 200m later crossing Pittwater Rd at traffic
lights and immediately climbing up Hunter St [dog-leg
L, then
R]
which leads to views of Blue Pacific
overlooking
majestic
Warriewood Beach [around 12:05am -
69 km]
for
2nd Nosh Stop (35 min).
A neighbourhood, strip-front shopping centre is
immediately on RHS in Narrabeen Park Pde.
Nautilus Café is about 4
shops along. Sunrise Milk Bar, on the
cnr, makes grouse burgers.
3rd
Leg:
Warriewood
beach cafés to St Ives, via Wakehurst Parkway - 26km - 84 min
12:40am -
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adjacent to the coast for 2km - initially along
Narrabeen Pk Pde joining Sydney Rd which becomes Ocean St; |
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R into
Malcolm
St for 50m; |
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L
into
Lagoon
St for 1km; |
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R into
Waterloo St
for 300m; |
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R
into
Pittwater Rd for 100m crossing bridge over Narrabeen Lakes; |
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veer L into Wakehurst Parkway for a toughish 9.9km
(initially flat past
Narrabeen Lakes thence a constant climb)
for
Sag Stop
from
1:20pm (5 min)
either approaching
crest of climb
immediately
prior to traffic lights at
French Forest
Rd or at the lights, so long as you get off the road; |
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R into French Forest
Rd at lights for
800m; |
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R into Rabbett St
for 200m decent; |
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L
into Adams St for a 200m "real tough" grind/climb; |
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R
onto Forest Way for
5.3km; and |
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L into Mona Vale for
6.2km to St Ives. |
ETR 2pm -
95km.
Last Sunday's scheduled Warriewood ride was
winded-out, 'cause only Whippet and Bank Teller attended St Ives
council car-park which was almost vacant. Brian and Scribe
adjourned for a coffee at Pattison's Patisserie.
The
Scribe
11
July '04
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