a)       Two alternate 1st Legs to Windsor
i)        From Turramurra station car park via M2 to Seven Hills station, thence train to Windsor station – 22km:
7:15am up Rohini St to Pac H'way, R at lights and 40m later L for steep descent of Kissing Point Rd. shortly crossing Comenarra Parkway at lights and proceed to descend cycle path, Browns Waterhole, followed by a short steep climb to M2.  Pedal through a narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before joining M2 on south side.
Take extreme care passing 2 on and 2 off roads during 14.2km on M2 to where Old Windsor Rd meets Abbott Rd and continue 1.4km along Abbott Road.  Continue 700m along Prospect Highway to Seven Hills station on LHS, entering via Terminus Rd.  M2 to Seven Hills station to catch the 8:29 train in a frontish carriage [joined by cyclists which commence from Dural at Riverstone station].  Arrive Windsor at 8:59am.

Cycle ii)       From “Hills Tourist Info Centre” car-park (656B Old Northern Rd Dural – UBD 131 -
on LHS just after "Porter Scenic Lookout" and before Dural Country Club) to Riverstone station 23.7km:
7:25am -

• L Nth up Old Northern Rd for 1.2km,

• L into Wyoming Rd for 700m,

• L into Langford Rd/Davey Rd for 1.6km, 

• L into Derriwong Rd for 500m, 

• R into Wirrabara Rd for 600m, 

• R into Pellit Lane which soon veers L for 180m,

• R into Kenthurst Rd for 1km,

• L into Annangrove Rd for 10.5km, 

• R into Windsor Rd for 2km, 

• L into Garfield Rd East for 2.9km to Riverstone station,

where, after purchasing a snack at the Riverstone Milk Bar we meet the Turra' brigade in a frontish carriage on the
8:48am train Sag Stop (11 min on train) which arrives Windsor at 8:59am.

2nd Leg: Windsor Cornwallis, Lowlands, Richmond, Freeman's Reach, Windsor -  39km

8:59am depart Windsor:  

Return Macquarie St at 10:35am to grab a feed Sag Stop in time to aboard the hourly train at 10:52am (or 11:52am) for -

(i)         11 min ride to Riverstone station, alighting 11:03am (or 12:03pm); or

(ii)        32 min ride to Seven Hills station, alighting at 11:24am (or 12:24pm). 

a)       Two alternate 3rd Legs home
 

(i)        Pedal 23.7km from Riverstone to Dural via Annangrove Rd

	NE along Garfield Rd East for 2.9km,
	R into Windsor Rd for 2km,
	L into Annangrove Rd for 10.5km,
	R into Kenthurst Rd for 1km,
	L into Pellit Lane which soon veers R for 180m,
	L into Wirrabara Rd for 600m,
	L into Derriwong Rd for 500m,
	R into Langford Rd/Davey Rd for 1.6km,
	R into Wyoming Rd for 700m,cycling Nth up Old Northern Rd for 1.2km
	R into Old Northern Rd for 1km to Dural Tourist Info Centre - ETR 12:10pm [84.2km]

(ii)        Pedal 22km from Seven Hills station to Turra' station.

    Alight at Seven Hills station at 11:25pm.

• Right  along Prospect Highway for 900m,

• A into Abbott Rd/M2 for 15.6km,

• L at Optus Tower down/up Brown's Waterhole for 1.8km,

• Ahead up Kissing Point Rd for 3.7km

• R into Pacific H'way for 250m

• Left into Rohini St for 200m

• Left into Turramurra station carpark.

   ETR Turramurra station 12:40pm.

Bank Teller's rap-up of Cinque Montagnes - 94km - 5 KOM Climbs -  14 crew

LHS pic - Elfi pre-ride outside the Corner Store, Nth Turra'. Scribe had scheduled the 7:30am latish start thinkin' that Day-Light-Savings had kicked-in the night before, 'cause it always starts on the w'end of his b'day. So upon Bank Teller's arrival at 'effectively' 6:30am and whereupon finding no-one present, he enquired of an old dude reading the paper on his porch, who said,        "Buddy, you are a week early."  14 or so happy souls participated in Cinque Montagnes, incl Whippet, Ange/Gobbler, Samurai, Tornado, Kaza, Bank Teller, ToothFairy, Koala Bear, Greg 'n Printer. We tagged up with another similarly committed bunch of Sunday hill climbers incl Elfi left of screen, dutiful hubby, Flash, Smiling Assassin, Frank aka Expat who joined a Muggs' Sat ride a few weeks ago, 'n Katrina whose been on assignment down in Kiama (for a few mths) which boosts some of the best KOM Climbs in the 13 Illawarra KOM Climbs Region, namely Saddleback Mtn from both Saddleback Mtn Rd and Fountaindale Rd, the latter being a veritable ball-terror.  But well worth it, cause the panoramic view of the magnetic attraction of the Blue Pacific off Kiama, when descending Saddleback Mtn is the best.  Awesome.  Nothing beats it.

2 above 'n 2 below pics are from popular Grumpy's cafe, Nth Galston.  Why is it so popular?  Cause the proprietar, don't take
no crap from nobody.  And that kinder sits comfortably with cyclists, who not only talk it, but walk it.

LHS -  Kaza, Greg, Printer ' n the best side of Tornado on the Berowra Waters punt. We got "misted on" a tad after leaving Grumpy's.  But we was having fun, so after arriving at the familiar Old Pacific H'way traffic lights after 47km, we Hooked a Left Nth to the Hawkesbury River, for our 3rd KOM Climb.  Whereupon up at PitS, Bank Teller showed us how, as a sicko school kid back in the mid-60s, he caught blow-flies 'en did nasty things to 'em. Below pic, aided by a plank, reveals a good angle of Samurai.  But down twds the end of the array of this week's Kodak Eastman happy snaps, is the optimum angle of Samurai, aided by a pair of buns.

Above 'n below pics from PitS where Bank Teller snavelled a few blowies and slipped 'em into a Coke bot (ya had to be there to believe it), 'n rec'd yet another rendition of "Happy B'day to you" to commemorate the start of the Old Fart's 53 recognition of his prosthesis into terra firma. 

Samurai's best angle - a Pulitzer prize winning pic, 'cause of 'capturing on film a pair of buns, and not for the buns centre screen.

Shootin' the breeze post ride at the Corner Store cafe, Nth St Ives.  Cinque Montagnes, one of Muggs' oldest rides, offers 5 KOM Climbs to log times on www.KOMpm.com.  Importantly, it offers heaps of cafes, and we patronised 'em all.

Scribe   24 Oct '04