Monthly Archives: September 2024

Turf Blog 29-09-24

A very good day yesterday, 93 zones taken along the Roslin to Shawfair loop, adding almost 18,000 points and a bunch of Round uniques as well. And best of all, no blocking or ghosting, at least that I noticed while … Continue reading

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Blog 27-09-24

With the hopefully imminent arrival of my latest velocipede, the Sonder Broken Road Ti, an off-road wilderness trail bike, I’m super-excited (oh I hate that term!) to be able to get out into the hills again with a bike more … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 24-09-24

Blocking and ghosting, perhaps two of the most annoying aspects in the Game of Turf. But first, what actually are blocking and ghosting? Let’s look at the term blocking first. The official Turf Wiki gives us the following definition: “A … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 23-09-24

Today I decided I’m desperately in need a change of turf scenery. Zones Skeltiemuir, DobbysSock, PeacocksBeard, Wishart, FreeKick, Slytherin and many more, all local Bonnyrigg zones buzzing through my turf addled brain as I sleep. I find myself in a … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 22-09-24

Some local turfing today, this time with my darling wife and turfer Cathryn, aka ChoccyMuffin. We spent a few hours turfing Rosewell and Bonnyrigg, taking around 60 zones. The aim was to allow Choccy to take the zones first with … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 18-09-24

In the TURF Ultimate Region Fight 2024, after two weeks, Team Scotland is sitting in 4th place with 47 points with Team Västmanland and Team Norrbotten both in the lead with a healthy 62 points each. With three weeks of … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 14-09-24

In Game of Thrones, often expressed by enthusiasts as G.O.T., which coincidentally also stands for Game of Turf, they have a saying “winter is coming”. Well, the other morning saw the weak sunlight glistening on a thin covering of frost … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 08-09-24

Well, that’s a week into the TURF Ultimate Region Fight 2024 and I find myself totally lost on where I’ve been turfing, when I was there and how many times I’m been there as well. Even wondering what day of … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 06-09-24

Back out turfing in the rain again yesterday, and a few more observations to make. First one is that annoying phenomenon when the mobile phone screen gets wet and the turf man icon gets a life of its own and … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 05-09-24

That’s Scotland for you. One day dull, dreich, drizzly and depressing. The next day, glorious azure blue skies with puffy clouds and bright sunshine. Almost perfect turfing/cycling weather, though an east wind keeping the temperature on the cool side. Ideal … Continue reading

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