•     Ride Leader/Organiser: Phil Johnston - 9498.3684

•      Hardcopy these instructions and bring on Sunday

•      Cyclists from the primary/longer departure point of Nth Turramurra do not pass the shorter Hornsby departure spot - usually meet them ascending Galston Rd just before 1st Nosh Stop at Grump's Cafe Nth Galston.

Snapshot:

1st Leg: Nth Turra' 31km or Hornsby 16km to Grumpy's Cafe Nth Galston

Detailed Spec:

¨        Longer Ride - Cinque Montagnes [94km]
Park in Valley Park Cres. carpark on LHS (700m past Burns Rd) in Bobbin Head Rd Nth Turramurra to rollout at 7:30am from outside the 'Corner Cafe', for down/up Bobbin Head, arriving Kalkari Reserve for our 1st Sag Stop (5 min) after 9.9km around 7:53am.  Thence 4km along Bobbin Head Rd. Left into Royston Pde. hugging Asquith Golf Course on LHS.  Join Pac. Highway after R into Baldwin St and cross 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 [65km]
Rollout Hornsby car-park [100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey St] 8:15am -
*    Nth up Jersey St for 500m, 
*    L into Bridge Rd 40m to lights at Old Pacific H’way, 
*    R and pedal 700m Nth; and 
*    L at lights at Galston Rd and cycle twds Hornsby Heights.

Route now becomes common for both start points.  NNW thru Hornsby Heights and descend to Galston Gorge and climb 3km to Crosslands Rd. Then left for 1.1km and Right at roundabout into Arcadia Rd for 4km to Wylds Rd and 100m further on Grumpy's Cafe for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) arriving from 8:55am. 

2nd Leg: Grumpy's Cafe to Pie in the Sky - 30km

9:25am 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 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. at 10:35am and cycle N past Cowan station and Pie in the Sky before descending to U turn at Brooklyn Rd before climbing 3.85km back to Pie in the Sky at 11:20am for our 2^nd Nosh Stop (30 min).

3rd Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby 19km or Nth Turra' shops 31km

11:50am commence return home -

¨        enter Bobbin Head onto Nth Turra' - ETR 1:15pm; or

¨        continue onto Hornsby - ETR 12:40pm.

Kaza's 'el cheapo' piss fart cell 'phone pics of last Sat's Quatre Montagnes - 9 crew

     Heineken 'n BeanCounter on the Punt             Samurai 'n ToothFairy on said Punt

Frank 'n Heineken on the same blessed Punt        Kaza, you guessed it, on the Punt.

 Yamaha 'n Samurai                                         A leg 'n Lynda

Bank Teller's rap-up of last Sunday's Tour de Lower Central Coast - 10 starters

After 39.5km we arrived at Palm Beach Wharf for our 30min ferry ride.  Our venture to alight at the first wharf of Wagstaffe, in lieu of Ettalong, proved a popular call, 'cause we avoided a busy road section over the Rip Bridge and swapped it for a leisurely meander thru Pretty Beach and hilly Killcare Beach.

Ang was last to arrive at our Nth Whale beach 'soak-up the ambience' Sag Stop o'looking Whale Beach  where you couldn't see all the way to Wollongong 'cause t'was a murky morn'.  But with that big peachy grin, Ang obviously wasn't fazed.

Nth of Whale Beach under an o'cast sky.

Ang, Scribe 'n Samurai outside the cafe at Palm Beach

Pattisons Patisserie post ride

Scribe  - 19 Oct '04