a)       Longer Route cycling from Turramurra  station car park via M2 to Marayong, Riverstone, Vineyard by following rail line to Windsor and main drag to Richmond – 55.4km

1st Le   Start between 805am and 8:15am cycle 60m up Rohini St to the H'way and R at lights.  50m later L at lights into Kissing Point Rd.  Step descent then cross Comenarra Parkway at lights.  Ahead to end of Kissing Point Rd.  R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole (caution steep decent with sharp turns, causeway flooded when it used to rain hard) followed by  300m steep climb to M2.  Pass through a narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before joining M2 on south side.
Pass 2 on and 2 off roads, cycle 14.2km to Old Windsor Rd intersection, where M2 becomes Abbott Rd.
Ahead 1.4km along Abbott Road to Johnson Ave lights and take Muggs' regular route to Windsor by tracing the rail line from  Marayong passing thru Riverstone, Vineyard to Windsor and then along the main drag to Richmond

Short    Shorter Route catching train from Seven Hills station: Turramurra station car park via M2 to Seven Hills station, thence train to Richmond station – 22.4km:
 

            Rollout between 9am and 9:10am cycle 60m up Rohini St to the H'way and R at lights.  50m later L at lights into Kissing Point Rd.  Step descent then cross Comenarra Parkway at lights.  Ahead to end of Kissing Point Rd.  R fork onto cycleway path to Browns Water Hole (caution steep decent with sharp turns, causeway flooded when it used to rain hard) followed by  300m steep climb to M2.  Pass through a narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before joining M2 on south side.
Pass 2 on and 2 off roads, cycle 14.2km to Old Windsor Rd intersection, where M2 becomes Abbott Rd.
Ahead 1.4km along Abbott Road to Johnson Ave lights.
Ahead 700m along Prospect Highway to Seven Hills station on LHS, enter via Terminus Rd.  Quickly buy a snack and catch 10:29am train for 41 min journey to Richmond.

2nd Leg:  Richmond, Yarramundi, Springwood -  26km

11:10am alight train exit Richmond station:

3rd Leg: Springwood, Mitchell Pass, Emu Plains station - 16.2km

After 30 min Nosh Stop at Old Post Office Shoppe café Springwood, its down the mountain, including a beaut one-way section along Mitchells Pass to -
*        Emu Plains station for hourly train at 28 min past hour arriving Blacktown station 19 mins later; or
*        Penrith station for half hourly train to Seven Hills at 17 min and 47 min past hour arriving Seven Hills station 25 mins later:

4th Leg: Alight train at Blacktown station and cycle to Turramurra station carpark - 26km

• R into George St for 400m,

• L into Sunnyholt Rd for 800m,

• R into Sackville Rd for 1.2km

• Ahead in Lucas Rd for 1.4km

• L into Prospect H'way for 400m

• Ahead at Johnson Ave traffic lights into Abbott Rd/M2 (take extreme car as lots of traffic proceed leftish along the Prospect H'way, and one of those Red Necks could wallop ya!) 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 3:50pm.

Bank Teller's rap-up of Mother's Day, re-routed ride to Mt White - 71km - 10 starters.

'Golly gosh' Muggs are suddenly getting all sentimental 'n schmaltzy, and feeling all Momma's apple pie about dear old Mum

During last week, Scribe rec'd two e-mails from regularly informing they couldn't allocate 6 hrs on Mothers Day.  Undeterred, Scribe went ahead with the planned ride to Wyong, 'cause Mothers Day had never got in the way of a good ride on any previous year.  However, with only 3 marshalling at Mt White - Koala Bear, Bazza 'n Bank Teller - we thought better about continuing north.   

Back at Pie in the Sky we caught up with Heineken, Samurai, Amanda, Yamaha, Linda 'n Printer who were jamming-in a ride before performing the annual visit to Mom.

Samurai and Yamaha were busily at work on a rear derailleur in above pic - taken under o'cast skies.

The sun eventually peeked-thru.  Samurai and Yamaha were STILL busily at work on a rear derailleur in above pic.  But we managed to rustle-up a few other smiling noggins.  If Printer (left of screen) was anymore layback, he'd be comatose.

Scribe   8 May '05