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Saturday, 3 July, 8:45am from St Ives "Brekkie at Bayview Marina - Brunch at Akuna Bay" - 95km - ETR 2:35pm

	Ride Leader:  Phil Johnston 9498.3684
	If you are a slowcoach - *    leave from 8:35am and cycle E along Mona Vale Rd; *    as soon as you see the lead group returning from Duffy's Forest turn around so as to arrive back at Thai Restaurant Sag Stop in sync with the lead group; and *    move on from Sag and Nosh Stops early!
	Cycle two abreast at own risk.  Keep well to LHS of the roadway.
	Get off the road at Sag Stops.
	Cycling without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party - join Bicycle NSW for PL insurance, so that all Muggs are better protected.
	When passing a fellow Mugg, always provide a metre clearance.  If you can't, or are passing on the inside, call out loudly eg. "passing inside tight" etc.

8:45am -

	E along Mona Vale Rd for 6.7km,
	L [opposite Forest Way - at Mona Vale Fruit Barn] into Myoora Rd and take a 1st Sag Stop (3 min) from 9am,
	Ahead 3km along Myoor Larool Rd,
	L into Tepko Rd (75m short of Booralie Rd) for 400m,
	L into Booralie Rd, 'n 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),
	"U"- turn at the dead-end of Cow Corner – NOTE: turn around as soon as you see faster cyclists returning.  Continue past Terrey Hills neighbourhood shopping centre, thru roundabout and take 2nd Sag Stop (3 min) from 9:40am outside Thai Restaurant at top of McCarrs Creek Rd - muster on LHS of white road line under tree cover.

Second Leg:  Thai Restaurant to West Head - 18.6km (agg. 41.3km) - 50 min

 

• Descend McCarrs Creek Rd and enter Ku’ring’gai Chase National Park 3.2km to "V" (dual entrances to the park),

• R fork - anti clockwise and further descend McCarrs Creek Rd for 2km,

• L at McCarrs Creek bridge for 1.4km to T juncture (Akuna Bay Marina is 2.8km downhill on LHS).

10.07am -

Ahead along West Head Rd for 12km to The Headland for 1st Nosh Stop (15 min) from 10:35am [41.3km] - pack nibbles, ‘cause we take a gawk at the majestic, shimmering peninsula - Pittwater/Lion Island.

10.50am -

• Retrace 13.4km to McCarrs Creek bridge,

• hook a L into McCarrs Creek Rd at 11:50am [55km] for 7.4km passing Church Point arriving at Bayview Marina Kiosk at 11:45am for 2nd Nosh Stop [61km] 9979.5782ph (30min).

Fourth Leg: Bayview Marina to Akuna Bay - 12.8km (agg 75.2km) - 45 min

Over Brunch we will ascertain who, at 12:15am, is  -

	cycling 21km back up McCarrs Creek Rd and onto St Ives - ETR 1:25pm [83km]; and
	cycling 7.4km up McCarrs Creek, taking a R to loop Akuna Bay anti-clock, a further 4.5km for Brunch 3rd Nosh Stop (30 min) at Akuna Bay from 1pm [75km].

• Myoor Larool Rd after passing the Mona Vale Fruit Barn, or 

• the tunnel under Mona Vale Rd.  

Thence, it is a rapid-fire 6.6km stretch to St Ives [94.5km] - ETR 2:35pm.  

Bank Teller's rap-up of Muggs' inaugural Saturday ride - 96km - 9 starters

Kaza, Scribe, Schooners, Ned and Ant assembled at Nth Turra' shops on yet another brill Winter's morn'.   We were soon joined by Tony Mc, Richard A and Sandra McC for Cinque Montagnes anti-c/w.  Annie joined us at PitS.

We've all heard of cruelty to dumb animals, and we know there are some Sickos in this world.  But when they pop-up in your own backyard, you got to start to wonder.  Check out the macabre mind of Ant who took the above 4 graphic pics of a defenceless brown bear who came with his cup of coffee at PitS, as Ned devoured bits of it.  Ned's sadism revealed  a side of her that wasn't present in the other above/below pics which portray Ned as an innocent, fun loving cyclist.  Goes to show, that you never can tell.

Bank Teller pulled-out at Berowra Waters Rd, 'cause Nigger Chores were a beckonin'.

Don't know where Ant found this pic of an out-house, but he sent it across with the rest of the above.  Looks like circa Berrilee.  But don't know how Ant got close to it from the roadway.

Sunday, 27 June, Whippets rap-up of "Cinque Montagnes" anti-clockwise - 95km - 11 starters

At our mid-Winter 8:30am rollout, Ride Organiser, Bank Teller, was AWOL, having broken one of Muggs’ ‘Ten Commandments’, of not riding on Sunday.  Sounds like poor form, but he had an excuse, ‘cause the day before Scribe had led (from the rear) Muggs’ inaugural Saturday ride which attracted 8 starters - Kaza, Marcel aka Schooners, Ant ‘n Ned, Tony McL, Sandra McC,  Richard A. and Bank Teller.

On such a fine, sunny Sunday morn’, Whippet pondered how could so many stalwarts be missing, with only about 9 on-deck, albeit others joined from the shorter Hornsby departure.

Not a lot of interest for cycling both Saturday ‘n Sunday over the same route, so at the 11^th hr we opted for the Muggs’ Sunday version of the 5 hills with an 8:30am rollout from Nth Turra’.    As this was a slim, trim and exceedingly fast group, we would attest, with Whippet one of the slowest.

Others who made it along, included BeanCounter, Navigator, NoPlay, Linda, ToothFairy, Flaxen, Heineken, Samurai, Printer, and Pacific Pete.  We met Arno after the contested climb to Kalkari, on route thru Mt Colah.  ‘Twas then up ‘n Over Fire Tower Pass before our drop down to sea level at Brooklyn Rd.  Flaxen set a PB of 17:53 for the 3.85km climb to PitSky, with the rest of us similarly sloggin’-it-out, up this familiar climb before our first caffeine fix.  Our view ‘twas at its grandest with pollution free skies.  

There was no hint on the Berowra Waters ferry of what was to come, where we had decided the next stop was Grumpy’s.  Heineken monstered up this climb where Flaxen clocked a time of 19:12 from the punt to Koppers Log KOM.  There was an unfortunate spill of red juice when Whippet "Bit the Bitumen at Berrilee" which was to plague him later on in the ride.  Whippet had over-cooked the familiar hard dog leg left (about 150m after a hard right and a slightish downhill) which leads into a long straight stretch prior to Grumpy’s.  This required a patch-up at Grumpy’s to plug a few leaks, which spoilt our second Nosh Stop. (sorry folks).

Heineken again was first to the familiar West Hornsby bus stop; the climb from Galston Gorge saw NoPlay encourage Flaxen to put in another time of 15:49 to what must be the most well acquainted bus shelter for several Muggs.

A good day marred by an old codger who should have taken a familiar corner a tad more circumspect, ‘cause that bitumen is hard, but fortunately no poles snapped, and my new treadley somehow came of unscathed.  Lost lots of skin and flesh left on the pavement, but that stuff grows back.

Scribe   27 June 04