Author Archives: Gary

The Edinburgh Roon, 140 zones spread across the City of Edinburgh, a turf mission I’ve been sadly neglecting these past few weeks, nay months. August was the last time I’d spent time on turf missions. However, today, I decided it … Continue reading →

Things that get in the way of turfing. First there’s saga of our new flooring where a 4-day job lasted around a month. And with that now out of the way, there’s decorating needs done in all the rooms where … Continue reading →

This un-official Planet Gary medal is for those exceedingly brave turfers who are willing to venture out turfing on All Hallows Eve, or Halloween, and face the ghostly ghosts, ghoulish ghouls, wicked witches and those annoying trick or treaters. There … Continue reading →

Armed with my latest gadget, a Mission Darkness Faraday Bag bought for my investigation into the mysterious art of turf arm-pitting, I set off down to my nearest zone, Pittendreich, only a few minutes freewheel from the front door. For … Continue reading →

My investigation into the questionable and unfathomable art of arm-pitting is moving forwards, albeit at a snail’s pace, perhaps a case of two steps forwards and one step backwards. My purchase of a Waterfly bum bag fanny pack (I always … Continue reading →

September has been a disappointing turfing month, initial plans to rack up some points, takes and uniques for the Turf Ultimate Region Fight 2025 simply did not happen. Nor did ideas to attempt the 200 takes over 24-hours for the … Continue reading →

There’s a term in Scotland that many will know about, and of course, many may not. That term is called “the dreaded lurgy” This is a humorous term for an unspecified or indeterminate illness such as a heavy cold or … Continue reading →

Writing a turf blog is challenging, as is thinking up a topic or theme for that same turf blog. Of course, I have plenty of interests of my own that may, or more likely may not, be of passing interest … Continue reading →

There’s some interesting statistics I’ve mentioned a few times over the 1700 plus days since I first started turfing, taking my very first zone Pittendreich at 12:41:19 on the 21st December 2020. The statistics concern the numbers of turfers who … Continue reading →