Category Archives: Turf

Turf Blog 24-07-24

My return visit to Aberlady Bay last evening was much more interesting and enjoyable than my visit the night before. This time we have amazing sunsets and not a hint of rain. Compare this to the previous night when we … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 22-07-24

Thoughts these past few days have turned again to one of the most interesting, rewarding and indeed challenging turf sessions you can do in Edinburgh, The Seven Hills of Edinburgh Turf Challenge. This unofficial turf challenge was created by ESOC … Continue reading

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Turf TvT Progress

This page lists my TvT or Turfer verses Turfer collection, all the turfers I’ve taken at least one zone from, known as turfer uniques. There are no medals but it can be quite an interesting challenge when out turfing. Total … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 20-07-24

An easy, very relaxed, turf session today, just a random scattering of zones locally around Dalkeith and Eskbank, and a pleasant change to follow a different route from the usual. Traffic was busy in the town, so I’m filtering through … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 19-07-24

It’s almost 24-hours later, no zombie hordes have descended upon the town and I’m up at silly o’clock again kick scooting my way down to DCP, that’s Dalkeith Country Park, there, to pick up where I left off after last … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 18-07-24

The time is silly o’clock, about 1.00 am in the morning. The location is the camp site in Dalkeith Country Park, to be precise I’m sitting on a silly recycled plastic (why not simply use sustainable timber?) bench under a … Continue reading

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Turf FTT Progress

This pages lists all the zones I was fortunate enough to be First To Take, or FTT for short. This means I was the first person to take a new zone soon after it was created, before any other turfer. … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 14-07-24

Portobello promenade might not be the easiest place to turf on a busy Sunday afternoon in July but it’s well worth it for the atmosphere. Here, the pace is slow, chilled and simply delightful. People are sauntering along the walkway, … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 13-07-24

One of the great things about the turf community is how amazing it is that so many turfers are happy to share their turf wisdom and knowledge of turf related events with other turfers. Sally, aka turfer Wintergreen, dropped me … Continue reading

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Turf Blog 12-07-24

I was taking zone KirkCockpen the other day and Bitzer said “Are you sure you should be riding a bicycle in a graveyard?” The first thought I had in response to this was that I must be hearing voices again … Continue reading

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