Monthly Archives: February 2025

Here in the Turf Blog section of Planet Gary, I want to share some of my turfing adventures, taking you with me while I’m out exploring town and country in search of turf zones, for points, for medals and simply … Continue reading →

When you look at it on the map, it doesn’t look much of a challenge, in fact, it looks quite easy. Just a couple of zones on top of a shale bing, that’s basically a small hill made from the … Continue reading →

Throughout the Turf blog pages I’ve been posting my progress on medals achieved and ranks gained and thought it would be useful to bring them all together on a single page as an overview. Perhaps also to show just what … Continue reading →

Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. It’s actually quite amazing when you mention Wester Hailes to people, well, some of them anyway. Oh, I wouldn’t go there, it’s too rough and they will nick the wheels of your car and the chocolate off … Continue reading →

Tuesday 13th February, I’m hunting turfer unique zones again, though meagre pickings with just the one down in Musselburgh. Today was also another example of how frustrating collecting turfer unique zones can be. So, I pedalled down to Musselburgh on … Continue reading →

This pages lists all the zones I was fortunate enough to be First To Take, or FTT for short. This means I was the first person to take a new zone soon after it was created, before any other turfer. … Continue reading →