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Easter Sunday, 23 Mar '08:
¨ Cinque Montagnes - clockwise from Nth Turra’ by 8:00am – 94km ETR 1:40pm
¨ Trois Montagnes – clockwise from Hornsby by 8:40am – 65km ETR 1:00pm
Ø Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston 9114.6689 0412 045 224
Ø Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday
Ø 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
Ø Cycling with Muggs is predicated upon notifying Bank Teller if you materially disagree with any clause(s) in Muggaccinos' "Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"
Ø When boarding and alighting the Berowra Ferry, take particular care not to cycle over the metal rails on the cement ramps which can be very slippery
Ø Don't ride two abreast on single lane roads with an unbroken centre line
Ø Cycling without Public Liability cover is as silly as driving without 3rd Party property cover. Join Bicycle NSW or Bike Vic for P.L. insurance, or upgrade your household policy to include P.L. beyond your front fence, so that all Muggs are better protected, 'cause if you cause a serious accident it could cost you upwards of $1m in P.L. claims by the injured 3rd party
Ø Cyclists from the primary/longer departure point of Nth Turramurra do not pass the shorter journey Hornsby departure spot - usually meet them ascending Galston Rd just before 1st Nosh Stop at Andy's Cafe Nth Galston.
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Main Route: |
Nth Turra’, Bobbin Hd, Galston Gorge, Berowra Waters punt, Brooklyn, Bobbin Hd, Nth Turra’ |
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Starts: |
500m past Burns Rd in Bobbin Head Rd Nth Turramurra or Hornsby Stn west side, Jersey St. |
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Nosh Stops: |
Andy's cafe,
Nth Galston
from 9:30am - 30min, |
1st Leg: Nth Turra' 31km or Hornsby 16km to Andy's Cafe Nth Galston
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Longer Ride -
Cinque
Montagnes [94km]
Park in Valley Park Cres carpark
on LHS (700m past Burns
Rd) in Bobbin Head Rd
Nth Turramurra to rollout by 7:50am
from outside the
Corner Cafe,
for down/up Bobbin Head,
arriving
1st Sag Stop (5 min) Kalkari Reserve after 9.9km.
Thence 4km along Bobbin Head Rd.
Left
into Belmont Pde. [becomes Royston Rd] hugging
Asquith Golf Course on LHS.
Join Pac. Highway after R into Baldwin St and cross over
railway line at Asquith train station, then veer R at traffic lights
continue SW and shortly R into Galston Rd and pedal twds
Hornsby Heights.
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Shorter Ride -
Trois
Montagnes [65km]
Rollout
Hornsby car-park
[100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey
St] 8
* Nth up Jersey St for 500m,
* L into Bridge Rd 40m to lights at Old Pacific H’way,
* R and pedal 700m Nth; and
* L at lights at Galston Rd and cycle twds Hornsby Heights.
Route now becomes common for both start points. NNW thru Hornsby Heights and descend to Galston Gorge and climb 3km to Crosslands Rd. Then left for 1.1km and Right at roundabout into Arcadia Rd for 4km to Wylds Rd and 100m further on Andy's Cafe for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) arriving from 9:30am.
2nd Leg: Andy's Cafe to Pie in the Sky - 30km
10:00am pedal Nth along Galston Rd/Arcadia Rd which changes to Bay Rd at pastoral Berrilee,
where a few km later after passing the familiar Koppers Log KOM descend to picturesque Berowra Waters for our 2nd Sag Stop
(10 min) - ride on the punt.
After another familiar climb, take a 3rd Sag
Stop (10 min)
under cover at
the
Berowra Pool Shop, before
re-entering the Old Pacific H'way from Berowra Waters Rd. at
11:25am and cycle N past
Cowan station and
Pie in the Sky
before descending to 'U' turn at Brooklyn Rd before climbing 3.85km
back to
Pie in the Sky at 11:45am for our 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min).
3rd Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby 19km or Nth Turra' shops - 31km
12:15pm commence return home 17km Sth down Old Pacific H'way -
¨ enter Bobbin Head to Nth Turra' - ETR 1:40pm; or
¨ continue Sth onto Hornsby - ETR 1:00pm.
Bank Teller's rap-up of Tour de Wisemans Ferry ' n Cliftonville - 9 crew - 118km
Rex and Grant bade us adieu at Galston, whereupon seven of us marshalled at Wisemans Ferry after a delightful ride due north up Old Northern Rd, although we were mindful to hug the LHS of the road due to the occasional 4 wheel drive towing whopping big power boat passing us and the driver of that CO2 excretory forgetting that he was towing a mega wide trailer
The Stone House Cafe Maroota is under new management - all the portents indicate that new owner, a youthful, exuberant, Nancy, will return the landmark Stone House Cafe to its former Glory Days
Scribe 16 March '08