Author Archives: Gary

When you tell people you are going to spend a few days away turfing in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, you might get some funny looks. This is probably because Newcastle-upon-Tyne might be considered an unusual location to spend any time. It might also … Continue reading →

It’s not often that a strawberry gets you out of a nice warn comfy bed at 11.30 pm, that’s almost silly o’clock, to go out turf scooting on a Swifty kick scooter. But in this instance, it was a special … Continue reading →

Following yesterday’s bike and foot events in the Turf Bonanza 2025, though mostly the foot event for some reason, another fresh collection of turfer unique zones had appeared during the day. Thankfully, mostly located in and around the city centre. … Continue reading →

With the Turf Bonanza 2025 running full swing in Edinburgh, starting with the Welcome Foot Turf Event on the Friday evening, I was keen to keep adding turfer uniques to the collection and with the influx of visitors for the … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since my last turf blog, that was back in Turf Blog 14-05-25, when I took the new Trek Farley fat bike turfing along the East Lothian coast, collecting a few ticks along the way and to … Continue reading →

There is an art to turfing on the beach with a fat bike. Okay, it can roll over almost anything and it’s as comfortable as your favourite comfy arm chair in front of the gogglebox but riding on sand is … Continue reading →

It’s a great triumph when you are first to take an FTT zone here in Midlothian, especially one located withing easy cycling range of Penicuik. The zone in question is called LindsayRose and appeared at 19:33 yesterday evening in the … Continue reading →

Much excitement this morning, out turfing Bonnyrigg and up pops a notification, Rank 57 – Turf Archangel. That means I’ve collected 13 million points. However, you might think 57 out of 60 ranks is fantastic, only three more to go. … Continue reading →