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Sunday, 27 Apr '08:

   ¨  Cinque Montagnes - clockwise from Nth Turra’ by 7:30am – 94km  ETR 12:50pm

   ¨  Trois Montagnes –   clockwise from Hornsby    by 8:10am – 65km  ETR 12:10pm

FAST PACE RIDE, WITH FIRST NOSH STOP 15 MINS
IF YOU WANT A LONGER 1ST NOSH STOP, START EARLIER. 
IF YOU ARE SLOW LIKE SCRIBE, MOVE-ON FROM 1st NOSH STOP EARLY

Rex aka Pimpernel, John aka ChiliDog and Scribe are starting from Nth Turra' .  John aka BakerBoy is catching train to Hornsby.  Publican will met us at Andy's Cafe.

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.

Main Route:

Nth Turra’, Bobbin Hd, Galston Gorge, Berowra Waters punt, Brooklyn, Bobbin Hd, Nth Turra’

Starts:

500m past Burns Rd in Bobbin Head Rd Nth Turramurra or Hornsby Stn west side, Jersey St.

Nosh Stops:

Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston            from  8:55am  - 15min
 Pie in the Sky                             from 10:55am -  30min

1st Leg: Nth Turra' 31km or Hornsby 16km to Andy's Cafe Nth Galston

¨        Longer Ride - Cinque Montagnes [94km]
 Park in Valley Park Cres carpark on LHS (700m past Burns Rd) in Bobbin Head Rd Nth Turramurra with faster riders rolling out by 7:30am from outside the Corner Cafe, for down/up Bobbin Head, optional 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.

 

¨        Shorter Ride - Trois Montagnes [65km]
Rollout Hornsby car-park [100m Nth/West of Railway Hotel in Jersey St] 8:10am -
*    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 (10 min) arriving from 8:55am. 

2nd Leg: Andy's Cafe to Pie in the Sky - 30km

By 9:05am 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 (5 min) in park before roundabout or under cover at the Berowra Pool Shop, before re-entering the Old Pacific H'way from Berowra Waters Rd. at 11:15am 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 10:55am for our 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min).

3rd Leg: Pie in the Sky to Hornsby 19km or Nth Turra' shops - 31km

11:25am commence return home 17km Sth down Old Pacific H'way -

¨        enter Bobbin Head to Nth Turra' - ETR 12:50pm; or

¨        continue Sth onto Hornsby - ETR 12:10pm.

Scribe   25 April '08