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Sunday, 22 March '09 - sunrise 6:59am

*    by 7:45m from Hornsby station carpark on West side of train line 60m Nth of Railway Hotel in Jersey St
+++  143km to Wyong catching Iron Horse from Wyong"  -  ETR Cowan 4:48pm or Hornsby 5:04pm; or
+++  160km returning via Wisemans Ferry Rd, Halcrows Rd, Cattai Ridge Rd, Old Northern Rd, Wylds Rd and Galston Gorge.

*    Or by 8:15am from Cowan station carpark for "Ride into Deliverance Country - Spencer Re-visited - catching Iron Horse from Wyong" - 128km -  ETR Cowan station 4:48pm or Hornsby 5:04pm.  Train departs Hornsby station carpark at 7:53am to arrive Berowra station at 8:05am, whereupon it is 4km due Nth up the Old Pacific H'wy to quaint Cowan station carpark for a 8:15am rollout

Phil aka Bank Teller and Dominic from Canada, who arrives in Sydney this Friday, are starting from Cowan at 8:15am.  John aka BakerBoy hopes to alight the Woy Woy train at Hornsby at 7:34am for the 7:45am rollout with Jean aka ChiliDog and Harry aka KayakMan

Ф          Click on: Risk Management which warns of the dangers of cycling on public roads with motor cars, potholes and over bridges with vertical timber planks with gaps

Ф          Access 128 at "Ride Calendar 2009 - Jan to Mar" for detailed Ride Description from Cowan to Wyong and hardcopy and bring on Sunday

Ф          Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston 9114.6689 hm or 0434 715.861

Ф          Cycling with Muggs is predicated upon notifying Bank Teller if you materially disagree with any clause(s) in Muggaccinos' "Ride Participants Liability Acknowledgment"

Ф          Never cycle two abreast on a single lane road with an unbroken centre line, 'cause RTA deems those sections provide inadequate visibility for a motorist to overtake a vehicle ahead

Ф          Maintain your membership of Bicycle NSW for $20m Public Liability cover in case you cause a serious accident and a 3rd party sues you for riding negligence

 

Snapshot: Rollout Hornsby from 7:40am or Cowan station from 8:10am.  Nosh Stops at Mt White, Spencer and Yarramalong. Sag Stops at Peats Ridge and Mangrove Mountain. Catch All Stops from Wyong 3:57pm alighting Cowan 4:48pm or Hornsby 5:04pm.

1st Leg:  Cowan to Mt White - 20km - 50 min

Rollout of Hornsby station carpark by 7:45am or Cowan station by 8:15am cycling Nth up Old Pacific H'way passing Pie in the Sky, crossing Old Hawkesbury River bridge arriving Mt White "Road Warriors Cafe"  from 9am for 1st Sag Stop (10 min).

2nd Leg:  Mt White to Peats Ridge - 21km - 57 min

Depart Bikie Hangout by 9:10am -

• Nth along Old Pacific H'way for 6.2km;

• L into Peats Ridge Rd for 15km continuous, gradual climb for 1st Nosh Stop (30 min) at United Gas, Peats Ridge from 10:05am.

3rd Leg:  Peats Ridge to The Hub of the Universe, Spencer - 30.2km -  65 min

Re-mount 10:35am -

• L 200m Nth into George Downs Drive thence NNW for 3½km to Central Mangrove;

• L  SW  into Wisemans Ferry Rd at Central Mangrove descending thru Mangrove Mountain, Lower Mangrove following the river 26km to Spencer for 2nd Nosh Stop (35min) after 71km from 11:40am.

4th Leg:  Spencer to Friendly Store, Mangrove Mountain shopping centre - 22.8km - 84 min

Re-mount 12:15am and retrace 22.8km up Wiseman's Ferry Rd to Friendly Store, Mangrove Mountain shopping centre on LHS arriving from 1:37pm for 2nd Sag Stop (10 min).

5th Leg:  Friendly Store, Mangrove Mountain to Yarramalong Manor - 15.2km - 40 min

Re-mount 1:47pm:

• retrace 600m up Wiseman's Ferry Rd; 

• Ahead into Bloodtree Rd for 3.8km (where Wiseman's Ferry Rd veers Right);

• L into George Downs Drive for 3.5km;

• R into Springs Rd for a Sign Post (3 min), thence 3.1km East twds Bumble Hill to Greta Rd;

• Ahead for 2.1km up Bumble Hill to Forest Rd

• Ahead 2.4km descending Bumble Hill cautiously;

• R for 60m to 3rd Nosh Stop (30 min) from 2:25pm at Yarramalong General Store.

6th Leg: Yarramalong to Wyong station - 18.8km - 55 min
By 2:55pm commence 18.8km flat/fast hit-out E along Yarramalong Rd into Wyong, arriving by 3:45pm to catch ($8 fare) 3:51pm train to Cowan arriving 4:48pm:

• 2:32pm Express 59 min direct to Hornsby 3:34pm; or

• 2:57pm All-stops Cowan 4:01pm, Hornsby 4:17pm; or

• 3:37pm Express 62 min direct to Hornsby 4:39pm; or 

• 3:51pm All-stops to Cowan 4:48pm, Hornsby 5:04pm; or

• 4:37pm Express 62 min direct to Hornsby 4:39pm; or 

• 4:51pm All-stops to Cowan 4:48pm, Hornsby 5:04pm

Bank Teller's rap-up of Five Hills plus Brooklyn - 11 cyclists - 101km from Nth Turra'

 

 

 

 

Two pics above 'n two pics below at Red Herring Brooklyn Pier

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Teller 'n Ann aka ToothFairy  RHS ----------->>> Ann made a welcome appearance at Andy's Cafe, Nth Galston after suffering a horrendous cycling accident last April on her 8th annual Hornsby to Surfers Paradise Charity Ride for Father Chris Reilly's "Youth Off The Streets".  Notwithstanding a 4 months' stint in four different hospitals, Ann has been able to resume full duties as an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon at her Westmead surgery. Ann has physiotherapy 3 times a week intent on loosening up a stiff left leg in order to resume cycling with Muggs. After our first sortie into Brooklyn in "yonks", a reduced contingent of Matt aka Printer, PacificPete, Jean aka ChiliDog, PrinessCaroline, CampyAfficinado and Scribe me met up with Crocks' cyclists at Andy's Cafe on a belter of a mid-March morn' which peaked at 28o, and golly didn't Scribe know it as he struggled to complete the 3.95km 5th KOM Climb from the Old Stone Toilets at Bobbin Head to the Tollbooth in under 18 min

 

 

Scribe   15 March '09