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The Bullsheet
Sunday,
13 March -
Tour
de Windsor:
i) Turramurra @
7:45am
via M2
- 98km - ETR 1:25pm;
or
ii)
Dural @
8:25am
via
Pitt
Town Rd - 66km - ETR 12:10pm
- ToothFairy and Pacific Pete are regular starters from
"Porter Scenic Lookout". However,
they are both riding Loop the Lake this w'end. So bring a hardcopy
of the below directions which follow the up hill and down dale route in
last w'end's Tour de Hills from Old Northern Rd to Kenthurst Rd
Ø Ride
Organiser:
Phil Johnston
9498.3684 hm who will be cycling Loop the Lake
Ø Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
Ø
Expend
10 min studying your UBD/Gregory's to
familiarize with the below
Ø
Don't leave your brain at home on
battery-recharge, 'cause this is a
complex route
Ø
Ride two
abreast on single lane roads at own
peril
Ø Get off
the road at Sag Stops
Ø
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
Ø
When passing a
fellow Mugg, always provide a metre clearance. If you can't, or are
passing on the inside, you MUST call out loudly eg. "passing inside
tight" etc
Snapshot:
Both start groups meet-up at 1st Nosh
Stop in
Macquarie St Windsor from 9:45am. By
10:20am, all return via Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie; thence either -
* to Dural (66km)
- ETR 12:10pm;
or
* L to Galston, Hornsby, Turra'
(98km) - ETR 1:25pm.
Sag
Stops:
1st: Entrance to M2 from 8:10am - 3 min
2nd:
End
of 15km expressway leg in Johnson Avenue from
8:35am - 5 min
3rd: After climb from Cattai Ridge creek
4th: Hornsby Heights Bus Shelter after climb from Galston
Gorge
Nosh
Stops:
1st: Macquarie Place
Windsor from
9:45am
- 30 min
2nd: Galston Park from 12:10pm - 35 min
KOM Climbs:
1st: From 10m after Cattai
Ridge bridge to apex - 1.4km
2nd: Cement bridge at Galston Gorge to 20m before Bus Shelter - 3.4km |
a)
Two alternate 1st Legs
to
Windsor
i)
1st
Leg:
from Turramurra station
to Windsor
– 48.5km:
Rollout
at 7:45am up
Rohini St to Pac H'way and descend Kissing Point Rd. to Browns Waterhole, M2 to Riverstone, Mulgrave, Windsor
[47.5km]
where we meet cyclists that started from Dural for our 1st Nosh Stop
(35
min)
at a café
in Macquarie St [historic Thompson Square]
off George St. Windsor.
Detailed
instructions of Turra' to
Windsor:
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Cycle
60m up Rohini St to the H'way and R at lights.
50m later L at lights into Kissing Point Rd and commence
step descent shortly crossing Comenarra Parkway at lights and proceed
to end of Kissing Point Rd. Take R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole
(caution steep decent with sharp
turns, causeway may flood)
followed by a short steep climb to M2.
We pass through a narrow 20m tunnel and
Sag Stop (3 min) before
joining M2 on south side. |
Passing
2 on and 2 off roads, we cycle 15kms to where Old Windsor Rd meets Abbott Rd
and continue straight along Abbott Road. R into Johnson
Avenue at lights for Sag Stop
(5 min). 1.1km later L
into Vardys Rd. at the roundabout,
crossing Sunnyholt Rd at the lights. |
Approaching Marayong
Station we cycle
under the railway bridge and L at roundabout and 75m later pull-up
with
Marayong
Station 50m in front of you.
We then L to climb onto Railway Road bridge, effectively
heading N beside the railway line until Quakers Hill station where,
after we reach the Give Way sign, L, then a R and R
again, to take you onto the bridge over the railway line onto Quakers Hill
Parkway. 900m later L onto Hambledon Rd. 750m
later L again into Bali Drive (through
housing estate) at "T"
junction R into Walker St and 600m L into Burdekin Rd and follow this
for 600m veering R when it
becomes Railway Terrace. Follow
railway line to Schofields and continue to Riverstone along Railway Tce. |
At
Riverstone station do a quick R and L and follow the railway
line on your LHS. Riverstone Parade
will take us to Vineyard Station.
At Vineyard station road veers to the R.
Take Wallace Rd - the first street immediately to your L. |
Follow
the railway along and Wallace Rd will end at a "T"
intersection. Cycle over a
level railway crossing on your L, and take Railway Rd first on your R and remain on it until Mulgrave Station where we R onto
Mulgrave Rd and follow until you reach Windsor Rd.
Turn L onto Windsor Rd, and follow it 3km to Windsor. |
ii)
1st
Leg:
from
"Porter Scenic Lookout"
(Old Northern Rd Dural – UBD 131 -
on LHS)
to Windsor
35km:
8:25am
-
-
L
cycling
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 4½km,
-
L
into Pitt Town
Rd for 13.9km,
Ahead into
Neich Rd for 700m,
-
L
into
Scheyville Rd for 4½km
which then veers L
and changes its name to Old Stock Route Rd,
Ahead
across large crossing with Saunders Rd and follow Old Stock Route for 1.9km,
L
into Stock Route Rd for 2km,
-
R
into Wolseley
Rd for 1.2km,
-
L
into Havelock Rd for 500m,
R
into
Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m,
-
L
into Pitt Town Rd for 700m,
-
R
into Windsor Rd
for 1.6km to
Windsor,
where we meet the Turra’
contingent at 9:45am for our
1st Nosh Stop
(35 min)
in a Café in historic Thompson Square off George St. Windsor.
b)
2nd
Leg:
Return to either start point via Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie, thence to Dural
or Galston/Hornsby/Turra'
10:20am
-
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S
along
Windsor Rd for 1.6km, |
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L
into
Pitt Town Rd for 700m, |
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R
into
Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m, |
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L
into
Havelock Rd for 500m, |
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R
into
Wolseley Rd for 1.2km, |
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L
into
Stock Route Rd for 2km, |
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R
into
Scheyville Rd
for 5km (don't R
at Neich Rd, rather R 700m further), |
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R
into
Dural Rd/Cattai Ridge Rd for 13.5km, |
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R
into
Old Northern Rd cycling S, |
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The
Turra’
crew
after
800m
turns L into Wylds Rd and R into Arcadia Rd to
Galston Park for a
2nd Nosh Stop
(25 min) [80.5km]. Thence, its down/up The Gorge with a
Sag
Stop
(5 min) at the KOM Bus Shelter
[88km],
whereupon onto Hornsby, where we short-cut
along the east side of the rail line to Turra' station.
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The
Dural contingent continues S along
Old
Northern Rd for 4.5km
to Porter's Lookout
[66km]. |
Bank
Teller's rap-up of Sunday, 6 March, 105km annual Tour de Hills ride
Muggs was well represented by
Publican, Samurai, Heineken, Printer, KoalaBear, BankTeller, ToothFairy,
BeanCounter, Richard aka Relaxed and Frank aka ExPat. The pace
was a cracker with Koala Bear averaging 25.9 km p/h and Bank Teller
ave 25.5 over the 105km non-stop route. Back at the post-ride lunch at
the Dural Country Club, we all looked 'done' with Bank Teller
snavelling an extended Power Nap that arvo.
Some of the route along Halcrows Rd and
Wisemans Ferry Rd was delightful. Hopefully we can amend some Muggs'
rides to/from Windsor by replacing the rough 'n tumble Cattai Ridge Rd
with these roads.
Scribe
4 Mar '05
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