Monthly Archives: June 2021

One of the most delightful things I’ve discovered about being retired is there’s no need to plan your days. It’s not like when you are working full time and free time is precious and not to be wasted, now I … Continue reading →

In the 1982 movie First Blood, starring Sylvester Stallone, the town’s sheriff, Will Teasle, played by Brian Dennehy, asks the question, “Whatever possessed God in heaven to make a man like Rambo?” And once I arrived at zone WallacesCave I … Continue reading →

Had a good turfing session during the day yesterday, collected all Rosewell, Bonnyrigg, Eskbank and the lower parts of Dalkeith, bringing my zone count up to 103 zones. If I still held them all today, I’d add Gorebridge, Newtongrange, and … Continue reading →

Having lost much of my enthusiasm for turfing over the past couple of weeks, I was in desperate, nay dire need, of something to get me back into the turf zone, if you will excuse the pun. I needed an … Continue reading →

Having lost a week of turfing time due to hip problems, I finally got started turfing again today. I would have liked to start at the beginning of the new round but other family commitments and aforesaid injuries put paid … Continue reading →

You will no doubt have heard of the Tooth Fairy, an anthropomorphic personification who visits good children in the dead of night, takes away their old teeth from under the pillow and leaves a coin or two in their place. … Continue reading →