Category Archives: Turf

Some turfers might think it’s totally crazy to drive for an hour, then slither 580m down a muddy precipitous path with a sheer drop on one side, in winds gusting to 40 mph and with horizontal rain and sea spray … Continue reading →

With the Turf Ultimate Region Fight 2024 finished for another year – Team Scotland came in a respectable 4th place out of 12 competing teams – the pressure is now off. Now we can all get back to normal turfing. … Continue reading →

Another busy turf day, this time into the big city, the west side of Edinburgh to be exact. It was the final area of the city where I still had a bunch of uniques to claim, around 90 of them … Continue reading →

Well, that was a tough session. Only 29 zones taken in just over 3-hours but that’s what you get when you visit the Scottish Borders. They make you work for your zones in part of the Scottish Borders and I … Continue reading →

Another reason for my turfing session around Currie and Balerno the other day, one I forgot to mention in the turf blog of that trip, was to tick off another Monument zone towards the new Monument medal. This medal requires … Continue reading →

Writing a blog page about turfing can be quite challenging. You take a zone. Then you take another zone, and another, all the way to infinity and beyond. Which, of course, is impossible, as infinity goes on forever and you … Continue reading →

A very good day yesterday, 93 zones taken along the Roslin to Shawfair loop, adding almost 18,000 points and a bunch of Round uniques as well. And best of all, no blocking or ghosting, at least that I noticed while … Continue reading →

Blocking and ghosting, perhaps two of the most annoying aspects in the Game of Turf. But first, what actually are blocking and ghosting? Let’s look at the term blocking first. The official Turf Wiki gives us the following definition: “A … Continue reading →

Today I decided I’m desperately in need a change of turf scenery. Zones Skeltiemuir, DobbysSock, PeacocksBeard, Wishart, FreeKick, Slytherin and many more, all local Bonnyrigg zones buzzing through my turf addled brain as I sleep. I find myself in a … Continue reading →