Author Archives: Gary

When I first started turfing, less than a week ago today, I was carrying my mobile phone in the handlebar bag you see above – and for those interested in bicycle things, it’s a Drop Bear and the handlebar is … Continue reading →

Having lost over 40 zones the previous evening to the Féarglas, Queen of Turfers, I was eager to start re-taking a few of these again and not even Storm Bella was going to stop me. So, after lunch I donned … Continue reading →

With temperatures hovering around freezing and a fair weather forecast, Christmas day was too good an opportunity to miss for bagging a few more turf tones. Plenty layers of clothing was the order for this morning as well as warm … Continue reading →

With only 45 minutes for lunch, I wanted to maximise my zone taking time, so decided to try my Surly Krampug bicycle and see what could be accomplished in that time. Again, straight from the house, I bagged Wishart (185 … Continue reading →

My original idea to head out turfing again this evening on the Swifty Air kick scooter and I did just that but icy pavements and kick scooters do not mix, so it was back to the house to tuck the … Continue reading →

Having signed up to take part in Turf this very morning and having read all there was to read on the Turf game, by lunchtime I was raring to go, so grabbed the Swifty Air kick scooter from the Man … Continue reading →

As with most activities there’s the correct way of doing things and there’s the wrong way of doing things, and the activity of turfing is no different. Even from my very first zone bagging session, it was obvious that there … Continue reading →

It was an article on the BBC news website that got me interesting the taking up a game called Turf. It features a mother of four from Edinburgh, turf name Féarglas, who had clocked up some 317 hours of cycling … Continue reading →