Author Archives: Gary

Where to begin? I know, the day before today, the day we said goodbye to my dad. I knew it was going to be a real challenging day for us all as today was the funeral and I’d been tossing … Continue reading →

The Daily-Five is a wonderful turf challenge. It encourages you to get out and turf at least five zones every day. But I’ve noticed there is a downside in that you can find yourself only taking those five zones. Which … Continue reading →

Now, before we start talking bicycles. There’s been an interesting post on the Turf website about a mysterious prize for the turfer who takes the 100,000,000th zone. The count at the moment (12.30 pm, 25th January) is about 99,912,000 and … Continue reading →

Today was the perfect day for turfing at the coast. The weather was cold and windy, but also bright and sunny, I had the car at my disposal and desperately needed some time to myself following my father passing away … Continue reading →

Things have been rather challenging these past few weeks and turfing has had to take a back seat due to family matters. My poor old dad passed away on the 12th January in the Margaret Kerr Unit at the Borders … Continue reading →

Until recently there was 35 zones in my local patch of Bonnyrigg, and I’d spent a lot of time working out an efficient route round them all, something which was very useful for my attempt at the Darkest Ninja medal. … Continue reading →

Cramond Island, Edinburgh. Located a mile off the coast from Cramond village, this neat little tidal island has a long history of human occupation. Early occupiers of the island would likely have been the Romans – they had a large … Continue reading →

Sunday 2nd January 2022 After the excitement of New Year, both Cathryn and myself felt in need of some exercise and fresh air, so opted for a trip to East Linton for some turfing. Our plan was to walk up … Continue reading →

Thursday 30th December It was going to be a day of, what I sometimes refer to as, fuzzy turfing, in other terms, turfing new zones I’ve not taken before. The fuzzy part refers to all the wasted time finding those … Continue reading →