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Sunday, 18 April '21 - Tour de Windsor, Wilberforce, Ebenezer, Sackville - cycling quiet roads - 71km flat route with views of the Hawkesbury River at rustic Tizzana Winery:

Start 8:25am from Tallawong light rail station and ride 17.6km to Windsor via Vineyard and Mulgrave, after catching Platform 3 light rail from Chatswood at 7:47am.

Thence anti-C/W loop via Freemans Reach Rd to Wilberforce, Ebenezer, Sackville on quiet roads listed further below, then return to Windsor. 
Thence retrace to Tallawong via Mulgrave, Vineyard for light rail to Chatswood station.

1st Nosh Stop at Macquarie Square, Windsor from 9:20am.
 Faster riders could cycle from Hornsby by 7:35am via Galston Gorge and Cattai Ridge Rd for 43km route to Windsor to arrive 9:20am for 1st Nosh Stop at Macquarie Square

WHO, WHEN, WHERE:

Ride Organiser, Phil aka BankTeller [1st Acceptor], Pete aka CampyAficinado [2nd Acceptor], Gabby and David [3rd and 4th Acceptors], ... [5th Acceptor], are starting from Tallawong light rail station for flatish 71km route passing thru historical Ebenezer Church built almost 200 years ago by faith believers.

, Lea aka SlowLea, Barry aka Backpacker, , , David aka MountainGoat ,  Kev aka TexDubbo,  Jane aka NeoLuddite    Justine aka Trumpeter, Jean aka ChiliDog, Bill aka Glasgow  Chris aka RecalcitrantBankTeller, Ann aka ToothFairy, Eric aka PapaBear

APOLOGIES 

 

David aka TreeHugger

If you are confident of joining us, contingent upon a fine morn', make sure that allot a minute to e-mail Scribe by 5pm Friday, and he will add ya in the above, 'cause Scribe allots a lot more time to 'jolly Muggs crew'.  If your short term memory is now a struggle, when it didn't use to fail you in the past, watch this You Tube, so you won't look like a Silly Duffer

1st Leg:  8:25am from Tallawong light rail station 17.6km to Windsor via Vineyard and Mulgrave train stations - 17.6km - 55 min

*    R into Schofields Rd,

*    R into Tallawong Rd,

*    L into Guntawong Rd,

*    R into Clarke St,

*    Ahead leftish into Edmund St,

*    L into Crown St,

*    R into Riverstone Pde thru Vineyard and Mulgrave train stations.

Arrive Macquarie Street, Windsor 9:20am for 1st Nosh Stop (25 min).

 

2nd Leg: Macquarie Square Windsor, via Freemans Reach Rd, King St, Tizzana Rd passing Tizzana Winery, Sackville Rd and return - 35.5km (53.1km agg.) - 105 min:

9:45am turn left onto Macquarie Street, A9                      0.0 km

·         Cross Windsor Bridge                                              0.1 km

·         Take exit 4 onto Bridge Street                                 0.2 km

·         Sharp right onto Bridge Street                                0.4 km

·         At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Bridge Street       0.4 km

·         Continue onto Bridge Street                                    0.6 km

·         Left onto Freemans Reach Road                             0.9 km

·         Right onto Argyle Reach Road                                3.5 km

·         Veer left onto Argyle Reach Road                           4.3 km

·         Right onto King Street                                              6.3 km

·         Continue onto King Road                                         6.5 km

·         Right onto Tizzana Road                                         11.8 km

·         Left onto Sackville Road                                         20.6 km

·         Continue onto King Street                                      29.4 km

·         Left onto Earl Street                                                29.6 km

·         Right onto Argyle Reach Road                               31.7 km

·         Left onto Freemans Reach Road                            32.5 km

·         Right onto Wilberforce Road                                  35.1 km

·         Continue onto Bridge Street                                   35.2 km

·         Cross Windsor Bridge                                             35.4 km

·         Right onto Macquarie St                                         35.5 km

2nd Nosh Stop (25 min) Macquarie Square, Windsor from 11:30am

3rd Leg:  11:55am from Windsor back to Tallawong light rail train station by reversing the above 1st Leg - 17.6km - 50 min (agg 71.1km) - ETR Tallawong 12:25pm.

Risk Warning
 Some forms of cycling are dangerous.  An ave of 36 Australian cyclists have been killed annually since 2000.  95% of these fatalities occur on the road. 

Other cyclists in Australia break bones and incur nerve impairment from falling off their bikes in accidents. 

A cyclist could fall from his/her bike, inter alia, due to -
(i)      being hit by a car or another cyclist; or
(ii)     encountering a pothole;

(iii)    cycling too fast on a wet downhill where the coefficient of friction is much less, particularly at corners; or
(iv)    getting their bicycle wheel caught in a gap in a timber bridge.

A negligent cyclist could -

(a)    be litigated by a seriously injured cyclist, or 3rd party (ie. a woman pushing a pram on a footpath or a car driver) under common law where the damages could exceed $500,000; and

(b)    lose his/her home if he/she did not have public liability insurance which covers their negligence whilst on a push bike.

A negligent cyclist who did not have personal injury insurance (ie self-employed without income protection cover) could struggle to meet regular outgo commitments.

A seriously injured cyclist could be awarded damages which a negligent cyclist could not afford to pay if the negligent cyclist -
(I)     did not have public liability insurance cover; and/or
(II)    did not possess valuable assets.

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"

Nth St Ives to West Head, returning via Akuna Bay - 60km - 5 riders

Five Muggs sartorially attired at Akuna Bay Cafe on a sunny but chilly morn' after 48km to/from West Headland

Hornsby to Mt White, thence either Woy Woy or return - 70km - 5 riders

 

Five Happy Campers at Mt White, whereupon, Chris and Kali headed back, and Ann, Pete and BankTeller rolled on to The Fish Shop at 'Woy'

 

 

Hornsby to Woy Woy - 65km - 3 riders

 

 

                         You might be able to identify BankTeller, CampyAficinado and Publican at Mt White last Sunday - a shadowy pic

 

 

 

 

 

                                     This Guy or Gal was a neighbour on my recent visit to Ningaloo Reef about 1,150km Nth or Perth.

 

Hornsby to Mt White, return via PitS  -  70km  -  4 riders

Scribe    6 May ‘19