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Sunday, 8 Mar '09 - Tour de Windsor, Richmond, Hawkesbury Heights, Springwood, Mitchell Pass  - ETR Turramurra station 2:45pm

Then at 10:15am onto Richmond, up Yarramundi to Springwood to 2nd Nosh Stop at Springwood, thence descend Mitchells Pass to -
*        Emu Plains train to Blacktown station; or
*        Penrith train to Seven Hills

Thence M2, Browns Water Hole, Kissing Point Rd  - ETR Turramurra 2:45pm

Ø     If driving from Inner West, park at most Northerly Point in Vimiera Rd Marsfield to join ride

Ø     Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston 9114.6689 or 0434 715.861 and John aka BakerBoy are commencing from Turra' station, and meeting PacificPete at Northern end of Vimiera Rd at 7:35am and Jean aka ChiliDog at Cnr Epping Rd and Vimiera Rd at 7:40am

Ø     Hardcopy these directions, expend 10 min studying the street map to familiarize with the below and bring on Sunday

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     Click on: Risk Management which warns of 'inter alia', 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"

Snapshot:

Long Route:  Start 7:15am from Turramurra station carpark and cycle to Windsor via Browns Water Hole, (7:35am from Vimiera Rd, Marsfield), Epping Rd, Pembroke St, M2 onto M7, exiting at Quakers Hill Parkway and follow Western rail line to Windsor.
Shorter Route to Windsor using train:  Start Turramurra station between 8:05am for 24km to Seven Hills station (3.7km on Kissing Point Rd, 1.45km thru Browns Water Hole, Vimiera Rd, Epping Rd, Pembroke St, 17km on M2/Abbott Rd/Prospect Highway) to climb aboard 9:20am train arriving Windsor at 9:52am. 
2nd Leg is Challenging 31km to Richmond, SW up Hawkesbury Heights to Yarramundi for 2nd Nosh Stop at Springwood.
3rd Leg descends mountain incorporating scenic Mitchells Pass to Emu Plains station to catch train back to Blacktown station (or Penrith station to Seven Hills) followed by 24km cycle back to Turra' station - ETR 2:45pm.
Nosh Stops:
(i)(a)  Macquarie Square, Windsor (30 min) from 9:40am for the 7:20am START ie. Longer Route cyclists.
(i)(b)  On train for the 8:00am START ie. the Shorter Route cyclists.
(ii)     Aroma Cafe Springwood (35 min)
(iii)    Train from Emu Plains to Blacktown station for 19 mins or train from Penrith station to Seven Hills station for 25 mins

KOM Climbs:
 Shaws Creek Bridge to veer R sign approaching Hawkesbury Heights Lookout                     4.1km
Shaws Creek Bridge to 'Old Stone Cottage' at crest of Hawkesbury Heights                           2.6km

a)       Longer Route cycling from Turramurra  station Rohini St car park via M2, M7, Quaker Hills Pky thence follow rail line to Windsor – 50.4km 

Rollout 7:15am:

*   R            Sth 200m up Rohini St to traffic lights on Pacific H'way
*   R            200m W on Pacific Highway to traffic lights
*   L            Sth down Kissing Point Rd for 3km - very steep early
*   Ahead    SW thru Browns Water Hole for 700m - caution steep decent with sharp turns
*   R            W thru 30m tunnel under the M2
*   L            SW into Vimiera Rd for 20m to meet-up with other cyclists who parked at Vimiera Rd Sag Stop (3 min).
*   Ahead    SSW along Vimiera Rd for 700m
*   R            W into Epping Rd for 1.3km
*   Ahead    W into Pembroke St for 100m
*   R            NW into Essex St for 300m
*   L            W into Chester St for 150m
*   R            N into Cambridge St and follow signs into/thru Beecroft Rd bus/rail underpass
*   Ahead    on new cycle path along Beecroft Rd to the M2
*   L            at intersection of Beecroft Rd and M2 to enter M2 breakdown lane.
 *   Ahead    along M2 for 11km

*   Continue ahead onto M7 for 9.7km to Quakers Hill Parkway where we Left at off ramp and turn R at lights onto Hambledon Rd.  750m later L into Bali Drive (through housing estate) R at "T" junction into Walker St and 600m L into Burdekin Rd and follow this for 600m when it becomes Railway Terrace.  Follow railway line to Schofields and continue to Riverstone along Railway Tce. 

Where Riverstone station level crossing is on your LHS, turn R then immediately L and follow the railway line on your LHS.  Riverstone Parade take us to Vineyard Station.  At Vineyard station road veers to the R.  Turn L into Wallace Rd after 50m. 

Follow railway line along where Wallace Rd ends at a "T" intersection.  Turn L and cycle over a level railway crossing, and turn R into Railway Rd and remain on it for about 1k to Mulgrave Station where we R onto Mulgrave Rd and follow until you reach Windsor Rd.  Turn L into Windsor Rd, and follow it 3km to Windsor.  Continue on main drag of Windsor/Richmond Rd for 5km for 1st Nosh Stop (35 min) from approx 9:40am at Macquarie Square Windsor where U meet cyclists (for 1st Nosh Stop) who started from Hornsby station who are riding back.

Shorter Route catching train from Seven Hills station:
Turramurra station Rohini St car park via above explained new access onto M2 to Seven Hills station, thence train to Windsor station – 22.4km:

Rollout 8:00am and follow above directions in yellow background but rather than veer r onto M7, hook L and straighten for another 3km to where the M2 becomes Abbott Rd which is at traffic lights with Johnson Ave. 

Continue ahead 700m along Prospect Highway to Seven Hills station on LHS, enter via Terminus Rd.  Quickly buy a snack and catch 9:20am train for 35 min journey to Windsor arriving 9:52am and exit Windsor station to meet cyclists who cycled all the way to Windsor.

2nd Leg:  Windsor to Richmond, Yarramundi, Springwood -  31km

 

10:15am:

  • R

Windsor

5.0

~

NWW

Richmond

  • R

Market St

0.1

~

NWW

March St

  • L

March St

0.6

~

SSW

Bosworth St

  • R

Bosworth St

0.3

~

SWW

Castlereagh Rd 

  • R

Castlereagh Rd 

4.0

~

SWW

Springwood Rd 

  • L

Springwood Rd 

11.4

/

SWW

  Hawkesbury Heights Lookout

  • R

Hawkesbury Rd 

9.1

~

SWW

Macquarie Rd 

  • R

Macquarie Rd 

0.2

~

W

Raymond Rd

  • L

Raymond Rd

0.1

~

S

Aroma Café, Springwood

Arrive at Springwood at 12:10am for 2nd Nosh Stop (30 min) at Aroma Cafe.

 

3rd Leg: Springwood, Mitchell Pass, Emu Plains station - 16.2km

Remount 12:40pm and descend the mountain avoiding Great Western H'way except for 800m section when we cross it, including a beaut one-way descent along Mitchells Pass to -
*        Emu Plains station for hourly train at 33 min past hour - arriving Blacktown station 52 mins past hour; or
*        Penrith station for half hourly train at 19 min and 49 min past hour - arriving Seven hills station 17 and 47 mins past hour:

 

  • L

Raymond Rd

0.1

~

N

Macquarie Rd 

  • R

Macquarie Rd 

0.2

~

SEE

Hawkesbury Road 

  • R

Green Pde/Macq. Rd 

4.0

~

SEE

Green Pde/Macquarie Rd 

  • R

Great Western Highway 

0.8

~

SEE

Great Western Highway 

  • L

Wilson/Railway Pde 

4.4

~

SEE

Wilson/Railway Pde

  • L

Mitchells Pass

4.3

\

E

Great Western Highway 

  • L

Great Western Highway 

2.3

~

NE

Station St

  • A

Station St

0.1

~

N

Emu Plains station

4th Leg: Alight train at Blacktown station at 1:52pm and cycle to Turramurra station carpark - 27km

(If your train stops at Seven Hills station, exit at Seven Hills station, because you are immediately on Prospect H'way/Abbott Rd/M2)

  • Ahead into Boys Ave 200m,

  • R into Second Ave for 400m,

  • L into Sunnyholt Rd for 800m,

  • R into Sackville Rd for 1.2km

  • Ahead in Lucas Rd for 1.4km

  • L into Prospect H'way for 400m

  • Ahead at Johnson Ave traffic lights into Abbott Rd/M2 (take extreme car as lots of traffic proceed leftish along the Prospect H'way, and one of those Red Necks could wallop ya!) for 15.6km,

  • L at Optus Tower at crest (1.6km after passing thru 400m tunnel) down/up Brown's Waterhole for 1.8km,

  • Ahead up Kissing Point Rd for 3.7km

  • R into Pacific H'way for 250m

  • Left into Rohini St for 200m

  • Left into Turramurra station carpark.

ETR Turramurra station 2:45pm.

Rap-up of Tour de Duffy's Forest, West, Head and Bayview Marina - 12 cyclists - 100km from Hornsby

Terry aka Navigator, Matt aka Printer, Kerry aka Miner, Jean aka ChiliDog, BakerBoy, KayakMan, BeanCounter, BigBusDriver, MediaMan, PacificPete, Bank Teller assembled around 8:30am at West Head after 44km (from Hornsby).  Alas, an unscheduled and uncalled for Cannon Shot Flat rendered Jean's rear tyre looking sick 'n sorry and well past its use-by-date.  When you are stuck out at West Head, it is a 25km walk back to St Ives.  Hence, Jean was receptive to suggestions, particularly as no one was carrying a spare tyre.  Jean inserted over the Sickly Looken' Section of the remanents of his rear tyre a 3" strip of rubber material that Rex was carrying which evidenced Jean ride another 6km back twds St Ives before a less audible deflation.  Whereupon ChiliDog walked a few clicks more, and with no passing motorist doing the Good Samaritan Thing, Jean's subconscious recollected that someone, from the dim, dark past, had espoused the merit of inserting a $5 note under the damaged piece of tyre, which thankfully folded once did the trick back to St Ives, albeit Jean pedalled ever so cautiously.

Good to evidence that crew got off the roadway at our familiar Sag Stop outside the Thai Restaurant, Terrey Hills, because if a lead cyclist pulled up on the roadway, and others followed his/her lead, and a car smacked one of 'em who happened to be a Rookie who'd never pulled up there before, the lead cyclist could be litigated by the injured rookie.  Not suggesting that a court would rule in favour of the Appellant.  However, it could be a stressful couple of years for the Defendant. 

Hence, best not to do anything which could result in another cyclist getting seriously injured, because the same laws relating to negligence when driving a motor car equally apply when cycling. Plus the 2002 Civil Liability Personal Responsibility Acts, as explained at Risk Management, imposes specific obligations on anyone who influences another person's safety whilst participating in a Recreational Activity

Post-ride John aka BakerBoy reported that the remainder of the ride was uneventful, with the tucker and service at Bayview Marina Kiosk being up to scratch for our motley lot.

Scribe   1 Mar '09