Author Archives: Gary

Edinburgh today, hunting a few more isolated unique zones, mostly to the east of the city between Holyrood Park and Portobello. I had my sights set on the 10 uniques I wanted, to clear the area of reds, in other … Continue reading →

It’s always nice to see zones pop up in your own region. My own region is Midlothian, Scotland, to the south of Edinburgh. In fact, in the past week or so we’ve had two new zones. One is HareDownHill, located … Continue reading →

Decided on some local turfing today. Originally, planned on heading to Gorebridge, even started off in that direction, then thought, I don’t want to go to Gorebridge. Where can I go instead? Perusing the turf app revealed a few zones … Continue reading →

Another fine and mild but blustery day in Edinburgh hunting uniques. Added another 40 or thereabouts, (never quite sure how many are uniques) bringing me to 2002, breaking that all important 2000 barrier. Only downhill all the way now to … Continue reading →

This turf blog will be my 532nd and I’m totally astonished that I’ve managed to keep this going since December 2020. I recall that day, see Turf Blog 21-12-20, sitting at the computer, scratching my head and wondering how on … Continue reading →

Today’s turfing session started out simply as a gentle ride along the Dalkeith to Penicuik cycleway with the aim of taking a few silhouette photographs riding through the railway tunnels. However, it turned out to be a rather more strenuous … Continue reading →

I think I’ve added another addiction to my list of addictions, though to be honest, they are not proper addictions in the true medical self-destructive sense of the meaning. First there’s my addiction to a daily 4-fingered large Kit-Kat and … Continue reading →