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The Bullsheet
Sunday, 9 Jul 06, 8:35am from St Ives for "Brunch at Warriewood" -
return
via Wakehurst Parkway -
95km
- ETR 2:05pm
-
Click on:
Risk Warnings
which warns of the dangers of cycling on
public roads with motor cars, potholes and over bridges with vertical timber
planks with gaps
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Ride
Organiser:
Phil Johnston
- 9498.3684 hm
-
Hardcopy
these directions and bring on Sunday.
-
DON'T
cycle
2 abreast on single lane roads with an unbroken centre line
-
Get
well off the road at Sag Stops.
-
Road
cycling may be dangerous with
cyclists and 3rd parties getting killed or badly injured each year. Membership
of Bicycle NSW provides $20m Public Liability cover if you injure a
fellow Mugg or motorist.
Rollout from St Ives car
park
for Terrey Hills, Duffy’s Forest, West Head (1st Nosh Stop – pack nibbles),
Church Point, Warriewood (2nd Nosh Stop).
Return Wakehurst Parkway and Forest Way.
SagStops:
1.
Mona Vale Fruit Barn
(3 min)
2. Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant
(3 min)
3.
Cabbage Tree Rd
(3 min)
4.
Cnr Frenchs Forest
Rd and Wakehurst Parkway
(10 min)
NoshStops:
1st: West Head (15 min)
2nd: Warriewood Beach
cafés (35
min)
KOM Climbs:
NIL
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1st
Leg: St Ives to
West Head, via Duffys Forest - 41.5km - 113 min
Depart St Ives car-park between 8:30am
and 8:40am
depending on your ride speed:
-
E along Mona Vale Rd
for
6.2km;
-
L
[opposite Forest Way - at Mona Vale Fruit Barn] into Myoora Rd and
take a fleeting Sag Stop (3 min);
-
3km along Myoora Larool Rd until
Tepko Rd which is
70m before Booralie Rd;
-
L into
Tepko Rd (70m short
of Booralie Rd) for
400m;
-
L
into Booralie Rd
and pedal like "shit out of
Shanghai" 6.7km flat/fast stretch past Terrey Hills Golf Course
and rifle range to Duffys Forest (amidst real pigs, goats, horses 'n cows);
-
"U"
turn at the dead-end of Cow Corner –
slower cyclists must turn around
as soon as they see lead cyclists returning to
return via same route and pull up
under shady tree
[left of the white road line]
150m past Terrey Hills
neighbourhood shopping centre [opposite
Terrey Hills Thai Restaurant]
for a
Sag Stop
(3 min)
- if you are slow, feel free to continue on to West Head;
-
Down McCarrs Creek
Rd enter Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park for 3km to
"V" (dual entrances to the park);
-
R
at the
"V"
anti-clockwise and descend
to
McCarrs Creek;
-
L
over bridge for 1.8km to "T" juncture
(Akuna Bay Marina is
2.8km on
LHS);
-
Ahead 12km
along West Head Rd to the headland.
Pack lots of nibbles, ‘cause
we take our 1st Nosh Stop (15
min) from
10:35am
for a snack and
a gawk at the majestic, shimmering blue
peninsula - Pittwater/Lion Island
stuff.
2nd
Leg: West
Head to Warriewood - 28.5km - 71 min
10:50am
-
-
Return
12km to "T" juncture with Akuna Bay,
-
Ahead
descending 1.8km to McCarrs Creek bridge [55km],
-
L
into
McCarrs Creek Rd for 8.8km past Church Point, Bayview Marina and pulling up 50m before Cabbage Tree Rd
(or immediately after turning,
-
R into Cabbage Tree Rd
for Sag Stop
from 11:45am - lift bike off the road above gutter (5 min)
(Bayview Golf Course will be on both L
and
R);
-
Ahead
for 1.5km leads into Samuel St and crosses
Mona Vale Rd at roundabout,
-
R
into Warriewood Rd 200m later crossing Pittwater Rd at traffic
lights and immediately climbing up Hunter St [dog-leg
L, then
R]
which leads to views of Blue Pacific
overlooking
majestic
Warriewood Beach
[around 12pm -
69km]
for
2nd Nosh Stop (35 min).
A neighbourhood, strip-front shopping centre is
immediately on RHS in Narrabeen Park Pde.
Nautilus Café is about 4 shops along.
Sunrise Milk Bar, on the
Cnr, makes grouse burgers.
3rd
Leg:
Warriewood
beach cafés to St Ives, via Wakehurst Parkway - 26.5km - 84 min
12:35pm -
ETR 2:05pm -
95km.
Scribe's rap-up of
Sunday 2 July, 'Cinque Montagnes anti clockwise' - 95km - 13 cyclists
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Three crew who "hadn't been sighted off Nobbies",
re-appeared - Brenda, John aka Auckland and Martin aka Architect.
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Above three pics at PitS after 35km from Nth Turra'
where the descent to Bobbin Head was real chilly,
just ask TugBoat who
braved it in short finger gloves. He won't make that mistake again.
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Catching the punt at Berowra Waters.
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A few of the team at
Andy Cafe,
Nth Galston in delightful sunshine.
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Muggs cyclists pride themselves on rapport
and co-operation between fellow crew. Cycling attracts a potpourri of
persona. Cyclists are by no means stereotypes. However, on a bike we are all equal.
Notwithstanding, seemingly no group can
achieve complete harmony, because recalcitrant erstwhile Mugg, Giuseppe,
has been at it again.
Most of us are cognizant that Giuseppe -
(i) struggles to
comprehend that he doesn't live in Italy anymore; and
(ii) can't paint signs on roads
the way Mediterraneans proclaim their cycling enthusiasm.
Problem is that Giuseppe owns a paint factory and he's
a slow learner.
On the return from last Sunday's ride from Nth Turra', Scribe
caught our Gep touching-up an old sign in Turramurra
station carpark. Gep's trademark is "lots of colour".
Tour de Warragamba Dam
for a Muggaccinos "RainDance" to break the drought
Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September staying Sat. night in a pub in Windsor
NB: Option to ride from Turramurra station
carpark at 7:15am on Sunday morning to meet us at Richmond, if you can't start
on Saturday.
Scribe 2
July '06 |