Monthly Archives: May 2021

Over the past few months I’ve realised something interesting about turfing, though some may find this unsettling. When you are out turfing, apparently on your own, cycling, walking, running, kick scooting or flying through the air in your Gravity Industries … Continue reading →

My original plan this morning was to take the Surly Pugsley fat bike down to Aberlady, then ride out and take the zones in the bay and in the dunes. I’d checked the tide tables and low tide was around … Continue reading →

Eskbank, one of the four districts of Dalkeith, in the shire of Midlothian, the others are Dalkeith town centre, Newbattle and Mayfield. Eskbank is often regarded as the “posh” part of town where all the large Victorian stone-built houses are … Continue reading →

Turfing is a wonderful activity full of the joy of being outdoors, taking zones, collecting points, being awarded medals and generally having a jolly good time. However, since I started turfing late 2020, I’ve noticed, both from personal experience and … Continue reading →

The zones in and around Dalhousie Castle, a mile to the south of Bonnyrigg, are not the easiest of zones for the turfer used to cycling smooth urban streets and paths, most definitely not. They offer a little more of … Continue reading →

Rosewell, Midlothian, not to be confused with Roswell, New Mexico. The latter perhaps best known for the July 1947 Roswell Incident, involving a claimed wrecked US Army Air force weather balloon, an alleged flying saucer complete with alien crew, a … Continue reading →

Bonnyrigg, in the shire of Midlothian, once a small mining village with a solitary public house (now closed due to Covid-19), a lone hand-operated petrol pump (now long gone) and old men sitting on a bench chatting the day away … Continue reading →

Welcome to Turf Tours, the place where turf zones are the order of the day. Here, we take a lazy but informative tour around some of my local areas, delving into the history, the land, the challenges, the sights and … Continue reading →