Author Archives: Gary

My attempt at achieving the Diversiest medal, taking 1000 Round unique zones is making progress, albeit slow progress. So far, in two weeks or so, I’ve taken 517 Round unique zones leaving another 483 required and only another two weeks … Continue reading →

Drove down to the Scottish Borders a few days ago with ChoccyMuffin to visit my mother in Selkirk and we spent an hour or so wandering about Galashiels on foot taking a few zones, mostly uniques for ChoccyMuffin. Now, I … Continue reading →

It’s 2.30 am, silly o’clock, and I’m lying in bed wide awake, probably due to eating too much dinner yesterday. We ordered in a special fish supper, that’s the breaded fish rather than the usual battered fish. Much kinder on … Continue reading →

With both my Ultimate Turfing Bicycles, dare I say, totally complete, having just added rear carrier racks to both and bought a pair of small 10-litre Alpkit panniers, I’ve moved on to my next project, the Ultimate Turfing Kick Scooter, … Continue reading →

A good session in Edinburgh last Tuesday, hunting down a small handful of unique zones as well as a couple of turfer uniques, namely, LilywhiteT and ravinous, both located in the south side of the city. I actually quite like … Continue reading →

My quest to build Ultimate Turfing Bicycle No. 1, the Ribble CGR SL, is nearing completion. Or rather it was, until I came across something else that might be useful for turfing. In this instance, it’s the Alpkit Stingray custom … Continue reading →

In my Turf Blog of 19-10-24, I set out to find the source of the fabled Brunstane Burn from the Firth of Forth at Portobello promenade all the way to the misty Pentland Hills, temporarily halting my quest at the … Continue reading →

Today is new bike day. Yes, today sees the arrival of Ultimate Turfing Bicycle No. 2, the Sonder Broken Road. Regular visitors to Planet Gary may have followed my quest to create the Ultimate Turfing Bicycle No. 1, and the … Continue reading →