Author Archives: Gary

Without a Planet Gary Advent Callender to stress me out this year, I’m now happily free to tackle the annual offering from Turf Skåne. Their Turf Advent Calander has 25 turf assignments, one for each day starting on the 1st … Continue reading →

Before you became a turfer, when life was fun and care free, you would most likely have been a perfectly normal common or garden variety of human being. Though what that actually is, is not something I care to define. … Continue reading →

I’m sitting at the computer, my excuse not to have to sit in the living room and watch Strictly Come Dancing: The Results, and I realised this afternoon, with no small level of astonishment, that in 14-days’ time I will … Continue reading →

A few days ago, on Turf Blog 28-11-25, I talked about my plans for the El Staminatore medal, taking 200 zones in a 24-hour period, but with a slight difference. I wanted to avoid travelling further afield for enough zones, … Continue reading →

There’s a zone in Edinburgh I’ve managed to avoid taking for almost 5-years now. It’s located at the foot of the Royal Mile and goes by the zone name HolyroodAbbey. I’ve avoided this zone because you have to pay to … Continue reading →

I cycled along the Union Canal today, well, not on the actual canal because I’d get a bit wet, along the towpath. I’m out on my second session for the turf mission that is the Canal Quest 754 Westbound, 211 … Continue reading →

Having now finally completed the 140-zone mission that is the Edinburgh Roon, which you can find listed here, I want to share a few thoughts on my experience while cycling across what seems the length and breadth of Edinburgh, often … Continue reading →

The Edinburgh Roon. I’ve got some alternative names for the Edinburgh Roon. The first one is Taking The Zone Back Where You’ve Just Been. The second one is Taking The Zone Up The Bloody Hill You’ve Just Freewheeled Down. There … Continue reading →

One aspect of tackling turf missions, particularly those that must be taken in a strict sequence, such as the alphabetical order of the Edinburgh Roon, or indeed, the lineal order of either of the Canal Quest 754 missions, is that … Continue reading →