Monthly Archives: May 2022

Well, bit of a general turf blog today. In fact, not a lot of turfing these past few days other than a quick hour or so on the bicycle each day to keep up the Daily – Five. I have … Continue reading →

9.00 am Bonnyrigg and I’m joining the cycleway to Penicuik. It’s surprisingly quiet with very few people about. But always that one single dog walker who cannot control her pooch. It was actually called Waffles, which is a character in … Continue reading →

Funny how we make plans for something, get all kitted up, then cannot be bothered. Fat-biking out to the zones in Aberlady Bay around the witching hour was my original plan as tide and weather were favourable. I’d even started … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning saw me down in Dalkeith Country Park again, hopping on the 140 bus in Bonnyrigg and alighting just outside Whitecraig. Not the usual place to be entering Dalkeith Country Park. No, I wanted to start my turf from … Continue reading →

With the weather forecast looking more favourable after midnight, namely no more rain showers, and temperatures on the mild side, I decided a night-turf was the order of the day, or rather, the wee small hours of the morning. Now, … Continue reading →

I must own up and honestly admit that I uttered an early-morning swear work the other day, a very rude one at that. And it wasn’t sugar, darn, piddle or golly-gosh, no something much more meaningful. One similar to that … Continue reading →

Tuesday 10th. Having used some of my meagre pension income to purchase a GoPro Max 360 camera, and yes, and a GoPro Hero 10 Black, along with two spare batteries for each, I thought I’d better get out into the … Continue reading →

A while back I watched a program on the BBC called “Chris Packham: The Walk That Made Me“. He sets out and walks 10 miles from Eastleigh to Winchester near Southampton, along the River Itchen and the Itchen Navigation canal, … Continue reading →