Author Archives: Gary

For the UK Explorer medal, you are required to take all 12 regions within the UK and while considerable efforts a few weeks ago brought us, that’s myself and ChoccyMuffin, up to 11 regions, we still required one more to … Continue reading →

Conditions were ideal for another attempt at the Loanhead Ferret Run, otherwise known as taking 10 zones in under 10 minutes. The weather was warm with temperatures around 19 degrees and only a little chance of rain. And it gets … Continue reading →

Well, that was most fortunate. The time is 2:30 am and I’m lying wide awake in bed pondering whether I should head out for a pre-dawn turf down at Dalkeith Country Park. It’s a great time to get the place … Continue reading →

Midnight, the witching hour, or perhaps, the gangs of scantily clad noisy young girls wandering the streets hour, and I’m out for my latest exciting turfing adventure, an attempt at the infamous Bonnyrigg Ferret Run. So infamous that few have … Continue reading →

The 10 zones on the Loanhead Ferret Run* are spread over a distance of around 2.40km and can easily produce times well under 10 minutes, even as low as 7.00 minutes. However, its located in Roslin and while that’s only … Continue reading →

The Loanhead Ferret Run, 10 zones along a 2.40 km stretch of what was once the Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin branch line of the North British Railway, now seeing new life as a very popular walking, horse riding and cycling … Continue reading →

At a recent turf event, it was said that turfing isn’t really fair, that it’s not a level playing field in turf competitions. And yes, I would agree, turf is not a level playing field, not in competitions nor during … Continue reading →

Not every turf day turns out as planned. You know how it goes. The evening before the day, you plan where you will go, taking into account any uniques, TvT zones or FTT zones you have an eye on, or … Continue reading →

Some interesting developments in the turf league. The players in each group are now local, meaning that if you are in Scotland some, or possibly even all, of the other members of that group may be local to you, well, … Continue reading →

SCOnanza, the Scottish Open Turf Championships in Glasgow. It’s here. It’s now, or if reading this later, it was before. And I signed up for it. Unfortunately, at one point I wish I hadn’t signed up for it. Yes, I … Continue reading →