Author Archives: Gary

This un-official Planet Gary medal is for those exceedingly brave turfers who are willing to venture out turfing on All Hallows Eve, or Halloween, and face the ghostly ghosts, ghoulish ghouls, wicked witches and those annoying trick or treaters. There … Continue reading →

Armed with my latest gadget, a Mission Darkness Faraday Bag bought for my investigation into the mysterious art of turf arm-pitting, I set off down to my nearest zone, Pittendreich, only a few minutes freewheel from the front door. For … Continue reading →

This page lists my TvT or Turfer verses Turfer collection, turfers I’ve taken at least one zone from, also known as turfer uniques, starting 21st December 2020. There are no medals but it can an interesting challenge. Note that turf … 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 →

My investigation into the questionable and unfathomable art of arm-pitting is moving forwards, albeit at a snail’s pace, perhaps a case of two steps forwards and one step backwards. My purchase of a Waterfly bum bag fanny pack (I always … Continue reading →

September has been a disappointing turfing month, initial plans to rack up some points, takes and uniques for the Turf Ultimate Region Fight 2025 simply did not happen. Nor did ideas to attempt the 200 takes over 24-hours for the … Continue reading →

There’s a term in Scotland that many will know about, and of course, many may not. That term is called “the dreaded lurgy” This is a humorous term for an unspecified or indeterminate illness such as a heavy cold or … Continue reading →

Writing a turf blog is challenging, as is thinking up a topic or theme for that same turf blog. Of course, I have plenty of interests of my own that may, or more likely may not, be of passing interest … Continue reading →

There’s some interesting statistics I’ve mentioned a few times over the 1700 plus days since I first started turfing, taking my very first zone Pittendreich at 12:41:19 on the 21st December 2020. The statistics concern the numbers of turfers who … Continue reading →

The best laid plans, aye well. Thought, after the Round reset at 11.00 am, I’ll ride out East as far as Longniddry, then make my way back towards Bonnyrigg, through Longniddry, Cockenzie and Port Seton, Prestonpans and Musselburgh, taking as … Continue reading →