day ride

The old favourtie - the Wollombi day loop. Meeting at McGrath's, up the Putty to Wollombi and home on via the Old Road.  Lunch venue tba.

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Note! This is on Wednesday.

An evening ride to Paradise Cafe at Lower Portland for dinner.  On Wednesday they're open late, and serve pizza, steak, pasta, prawns etc in a nice setting overlooking the Hawkesbury River.  It's open for ordering until 8pm but best get there by 7:30 to make sure we have plenty of time and to enjoy dusk on the river, and so we have an earlier leave time.  The route will take us along some great back roads with some nice views of the Hawkesbury along the way.

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We'll be heading off from Berowra and so I've moved the leave time forward 30mins from the usual evening ride.  If anyone can't quite make that then we can meet along the way, The interesection of Catai Ridge Rd and Old Nothern Road. 

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 This is a last minute plan for a mid-week day ride.

Meeting at McGrath’s Hill, then riding Bell's Line through to Black Springs to Taralga for lunch and then loop around through the Southern Highlands home.

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A breakfast run down to the Cliffhanger Cafe, perched on the escarpment at Bulli.  The food was great the last time I was there 5 years ago, about 1 hour before losing my licence when heading home through the national park.  And so this time I think I'll try heading south, down Mt Kiera, backway through Dapto, up Maquarie Pass and the backway through to Mittagong finishing with a detour into Avon Dam.

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Manly dam mountain bike track is a dedicated track that gets great reviews, including from Mark and Luke who have decided to do it again and to invite others along.

The ride is for people with reasonable fitness and a mountain bike that wasn't a K Mart special and is in good condition. The track is one of the more technical in Sydney but any difficult parts can be walked through easily.  We will be doing the shorter 10km circuit.

If you need time to change and get your bike sorted, arrive earlier then the time as we will be leaving on the dot, before it gets too hot. Go here for more info and a few pics.  http://nobmob.com/rides/manlydam <http://nobmob.com/rides/manlydam>

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Ed is doing some exploring up Bulga way and would welcome some company. The plan is to head off from Berowra, head as far as Laguna on the tar (or earlier if the roads are open) and take the Yango track across to Howes Valley on the Putty Rd. From there he wants to try and find Bulga Rd which parallels the putty road twisties up on the ridge top which is a fave of mine. The run will most likely include some or all of the Commission Rd as well which runs from Howes Valley to Jerries Plains. A bit of an explore. Ed will be on his 800GS Adventure so it’s doable on a big chookie but don’t expect country farm dirt roads, they’re fire trails. 

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The evening ride previously scheduled for Thursday 12 November has been re-scheduled to Thursday 3rd December.

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That’s right. A day ride. On Thursday. 

Some clubbers work weekends and have trouble getting away, others can work their own hours, and others still are just plain bums (I think the technical term is leaners now), or maybe I’m just jealous of being able to ride on roads with low traffic and low enforcement. Dom works most weekends (and just to be clear, he is a lifter) and so has kindly put his hand up to lead a weekday run. 

This will be a leisurely Wollombi loop with occasional detours. Dom mentioned; dropping in to see if the putty tea rooms are still running, having lunch at the Wollombi Tavern (usually too busy on weekends) and a visit to the Ken Duncan gallery in Erina. So come along and enjoy a leisurely weekday jaunt.

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Yahoo is leading this day run to Hill End. Often a weekend destination, but it's not really that far and can be done in a day. The plan is to leave from the BP servo in Kurmond (On the Bells Line of Road, just after the back road we usually take to bypass Richmond) and head to Hill End for lunch at Dave Darker's excellent "General Store". Back home for tea :-)

The route hasn't been planned yet but there are lots of options, long and short, so it may depend on who turns up. The most direct route is about 200km each way but it's not much further to go down via Jenolan Caves, Oberon, Bathurst and up to Hill End then we could make a loop of it coming back down the Mudgee road. That is an all-tar route now and has lots of great twisties and undulating back roads. There are various scenic detour options so let yahoo know your preference.

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Anyone wanting to do a group ride to the Christmas Party, let me know and we'll meet here and ride down together.

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