Author Archives: Gary

Pinhole Blog 01-11-26

I came across a website the other day called The 7th Day which is an ongoing art project around the theme of long-exposure pinhole photography. That’s not your usual multi-mega-pixel digital photography; this is old fashioned analogue photography using proper … Continue reading →

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Pinhole

Pinhole photography is the art of taking photographs using a simple pinhole camera made from containers such as used 35mm film canisters. Exposure times can be anything from hours to weeks to years and you never know what you will … Continue reading →

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Turfoween

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 →

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Turf TvT Progress

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

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Scooting Blog 02-10-26

There are two concepts you need to push to one side, erase from your memory store, place into a dark room and throw away the key. These two concepts are what I suspect are largely responsible for stopping people taking … Continue reading →

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Scooting Blog 28-09-26

The story so far. Well, the Yedoo Trexx Disc kick scooter is all but finished with most of the modifications completed. Ergon handlebar grips, Schwalbe Marathon Plus 1.75″ tyres, Yedoo mudguards, Shimano SLX hydraulic brakes, jingly bell, Mous mobile phone … Continue reading →

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Turf Blog 27-09-26

You go to bed to sleep, well most of the time. Occasionally, I have thoughts other than sleeping but those rarely come to anything, mores the pity. But you find yourself waking up around 1.00 am and no matter how … Continue reading →

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Turf Progress

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 →

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Turf FTT Progress

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 →

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Turf Blog 05-09-26

The creation of a new zone is always an exciting moment, especially a zone that you requested yourself, though I cannot be sure how many others did the same. And zone SiccarPoint is no exception. However, anyone rushing out to … Continue reading →

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