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Sunday, 29 May - Tour de Windsor:
i) Turramurra station carpark @ 8:15am via M2 - 98km - ETR 1:55pm; or
ii) Porter Scenic Lookout, Dural @ 8:55am via Pitt Town Rd - 66km - ETR 12:40pm
Ø Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston 9498.3684 hm
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
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Snapshot:
Sag
Stops:
Nosh
Stops:
KOM Climbs: |
a)
Two alternate 1st Legs to Windsori) 1st Leg: from Turramurra station to Windsor – 48.5km:
Rollout at 8:15am 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) from 10:15am [if dampish] at a café in Macquarie St [historic Thompson Square] off George St. Windsor.
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Detailed instructions of Turra' to Windsor: |
| 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 flooded before it forgot how to rain) followed by a short steep climb to M2. Pass thru narrow 20m tunnel and Sag Stop (3 min) before joining M2 on south side. |
| Passing 2 on and 2 off roads, cycle 15km 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) at corner side street 60m on LHS. 1.1km later L into Vardys Rd. at the roundabout, crossing Sunnyholt Rd at the lights. |
| Approaching Marayong Station cycle under the railway bridge and L at roundabout and 125m later pass Marayong Station on RHS. 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:
8:55am
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L cycling Nth up Old Northern Rd for 1.2km,
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L into Wyoming Rd for 700m,
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L into Langford Rd/Davey Rd for 1.6km,
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L into Derriwong Rd for 500m,
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R into Wirrabara Rd for 600m,
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R into Pellit Lane which soon veers L for 180m,
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R into Kenthurst Rd for 4½km,
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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,
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R into Wolseley Rd for 1.2km,
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L into Havelock Rd for 500m,
R into Old Hawkesbury Rd for 400m,
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L into Pitt Town Rd for 700m,
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R into Windsor Rd for 1.6km to Windsor,
where we meet the Turra’ contingent at 10:15am 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'
10:50am -
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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] from 12:40pm. Thence, at 1:05pm 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. ETR Turra’ 1:55pm [97.6km]. |
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| The Dural contingent continues S along Old Northern Rd for 4.5km - ETR 12:40pm at Porter's Lookout [66km]. |
Scribe's
rap of
"St Ives, Duffy's West Hd,
Warriewood 'n Wakehurst Pky" - 91km - 14 starters
A coolish night, but golly gosh
didn't it turn out a corker of a late Autumn day. Some of the
locals were in their swim togs at Warriewood Beach when we arrived there
approaching midday after 65km.
Yamaha was explaining the finer points of his
tandem to Smurf at eight bells as the crew marshalled in St Ives
carpark. Tony aka
QuietAchiever, right of screen seemingly
in a "pensive mode". Two other New Chums, Barry aka
Firey
and
Graham, who Scribe met on the Tasmania ride last Feb, were
being introduced.
The crew spread-eagled at our initial Sag Stop
outside Terrey Hills Fruit Barn after 6.6km.
After twenty clicks the gang Sagged off-road
outside the Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant before heading for West Head.
West Head was at its pristine best, as 13 or so of the
gang soaked-up a welcome belt of late Autumn 21o sunshine.
Sean aka Smurf on the back as the Stoker,
with Yamaha the Captain
Gene aka KoalaBear similarly giving it his all
throttling it out of the early downhill from West Head
L to R clockwise: Samurai,
Ian aka Flash,
Graham, Pete aka Yamaha 'n Lynda
L to R clockwise - Deb, Smurf, John aka Auckland
(cause he's a Kiwi) Pete aka
Pacific, Gene aka
KoalaBear,
LongHaul, Barry aka
Fiery ('cause he's a Fireman)
Bank Teller, with two blooming
petals up-front who both had taken a liking to ice-cream.
Post ride, Yamaha, Lynda 'n Steve were busy
downloading Polar ride data on
Scribe's laptop at Patterson's Patisserie. Back-of-picture Firey,
Samurai and Graham were deep
in discussion. The petite blonde waitress in black was relieved, 'cause she'd finally
found Samurai's order of Macadamia Pie, albeit well after the rest
of us had dispensed with our Nose Bags.
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