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Sunday, 5 April '09, 7:05am from Hornsby Jersey St carpark (106km) or 7:35am from St Ives carpark (86km) via Duffy's Forest, clockwise descent to Illawong Bay & Akuna Bay, with option of cycling 2km into Cottage Point but not descending the real steep climb from marina, for Brekkie just past Church Point with a Sag Stop at Narrabeen - return via Wakehurst Parkway/Forest Way - ETR St Ives 11:45pm or Hornsby 12:15pm - Sunrise is 6:10am - wind ya clocks back an hour on Sat night for an extra hour's zees!!!


 Ø    Ride Organiser: Phil Johnston aka Bank Teller  9114.6689  0434 715.861 will start at Hornsby at 7:05am with John aka BakerBoy

Ø    Hardcopy these directions and bring on Sunday

Ø    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

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    Care descending to Illawong Bay when approaching The Wall (sharp right turn switchback) which has claimed several cyclists, including Siggy

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

Snapshot
 Hornsby Jersey St carpark 7:05am or St Ives carpark Mona Vale Rd [opposite Pattisons Patisserie and Stanley St. junction] for 7:35am rollout. After our customary 12km Duffy's Forest out/back, we drop down to Akuna Bay CLOCKWISE.  Upon completing the circle back to McCarrs Creek timber bridge, we hook left and drop down to Church Point Café for 1st Nosh Stop from 10:10am (30 min) [48.3km from St Ives] adjacent to the water’s edge. 
Rookies can cycle 20.1km directly to Church Point Cafe and retrace back unaccompanied. 
We then cycle N/E twds Mona Vale, before taking a right into Cabbage Tree Rd thru Warriewood to Narrow Bean Cafe 10 Waterloo St, Narrabeen 9913.3026 for 2nd Nosh Stop from 11:15am (20 min) [59.6km]. 
Thence W up Wakehurst Parkway, Forest Way, Mona Vale Rd back to St Ives [84km - ETR St Ives 11:45am].

Prologue Leg:  Hornsby Jersey St carpark to St Ives carpark - 10km - 25 min

7:05am cycle -

Early on Sunday morn' the following route has low road traffic which follows the street signs to St Ives: 

*        L down Pacific H'way for 800m

*        L into Edgeworth David Ave to F3 Overpass for 2km

*        Ahead into Junction Rd for 1.3km

*        R into Eastern Rd for 700m

*        L into Burns Rd for 2.2km,

*        Ahead into Killeaton St for 2.3km,

*        Right into Memorial Ave for 500m,

*        Left into Mona Vale Rd for 100m. 

If cycling from St Ives back to Hornsby at the tail of this ride, due to increased traffic after church, the back road route listed at the bottom of this ride invitation is recommended.

1st Leg: St Ives carpark, via Duffy's Forest, Akuna Bay, Church Point Cafe  49km or 40.3km if U skip the in/out of hilly Cottage Point
 7:35am:

 

Mona Vale Rd

0.0

St Ives car park

L

Mona Vale Rd

6.5

 Myoora Rd

L

Mona Vale Fruit Barn

 

1st Sag Stop

L

Myoora Rd

2.9

 Tepko Rd

L

Tepko Rd

0.3

 Booralie Rd

L

Booralie Rd

5.5

 "U" turn at end Booralie Rd

U

Booralie Rd

5.7

 McCarrs Creek Rd

A

McCarrs Creek Rd to Thai Restaurant

2nd Sag Stop

A

McCarrs Creek Rd

1.5

 "V" entrance to park

A

Gen. San Martin Drive

3.9

 Cottage Point Rd

L

Cottage Point Rd

  4.0

Cottage Point Marina

R

Cottage Point Rd

  4.0

Gen. San Martin Drive

A

Gen. San Martin Drive

1.7

 Illawong Bay

A

Gen. San Martin Drive

2.1

 Akuna Bay

A

McCarrs Creek Rd

3.3

 T' West Hd Rd & McCarrs Creek Rd

R

West Head Rd

1.6

McCarrs Creek Bridge

L

McCarrs Creek Rd

5.3

 Church Point Café

 

Church Point Cafe

 

1st Nosh Stop from 10:15am

2nd Leg: Church Point to Narrabeen cafe - 12½km

A

McCarrs Creek Rd

3.8

 Cabbage Tree Rd on RHS

R

Cabbage Tree Rd /Samuel St

2.5

 Mona Vale Rd

A

Ponderosa Pde/ McPherson St

1.9

 Warriewood Rd

R

Warriewood Rd

0.3

 Pittwater Rd

A

Harwood Place

0.1

 Hunter St

L

Hunter St

0.1

 Narrabeen Park Pde

R

Narrabeen Park Pde

1.3

 Ocean St

R

Ocean St

2.3

 Narrabeen cafe

 

Café Narrabeen

 

3rd Sag Stop

3rd Leg: Narrabeen cafe via Wakehurst Parkway, Forest Way to St Ives  - 23km 

L

Ocean St

0.9

 Waterloo St

L

Waterloo St

0.1

 Pittwater Rd

R

Pittwater Rd

0.3

 Wakehurst Parkway

L

Wakehurst Parkway

9.9

 50m before French's Forest Rd

 

LHS of Rd 50m before lights

 

 4th Sag Stop

R

French's Forest Rd / Naree Rd

1.0 

 Forest Way

R

Forest Way

5.4

 Mona Vale Rd

L

Mona Vale Rd

6.5

 St Ives car park - ETR 11:45pm

 

 

86.2

 

4th Leg: St Ives to Hornsby - 9.9km  - 29 min

12:45pm
L

Mona Vale Rd

0.9

Pentecost Ave

R

Pentecost Ave

2.0

Ku'ring'gai  Ave

A

Boomerang St

0.7

Eastern Rd

R

Eastern Rd

0.7

Bangalla St

L

Bangalla St

1.0

Millewa St

R

Millewa St

1.4

F3 Overpass

A

Alexandra Pde

1.5

Pattisons Ave/Leonard St

L

Pattisons Ave/Leonard St

0.5

Pacific H'way

R

Pacific H'way

0.8

Coronation St   

R

Coronation St   

0.3

Jersey St

L

Jersey St

0.1

Hornsby car park - ETR 12:15pm

Scribe's rap-up of Tour de Windsor via Maroota and Sackville - 14 cyclists - 113km

 

 

Grant aka BeanCounter on his new hybrid, Scott aka PatternMaker, ChiliDog (obsecured) and Trev aka Tornado veering out of Mid Dural Rd into Old Northern Rd en route to Sackville Ferry

 

Siggy aka Smiling Assassin holding court

 

Phillip, PapaBear and Trev discussing something of scant materiality

 

David aka TreeHugger who has a high regard for his elbows, Grant aka BeanCounter and KayakMan about to head out from our 1st Nosh Stop at The Bridge Cafe

Bank Teller    29 March '09