Category Archives: Turf

It’s truly amazing what a paleopolymer engineer can achieve these days. Or should I say, mad scientist? To be able to dig into the Lego fossil record, extract some Lego DNA from a lump of fossil amber, then culture a … Continue reading →

The Loch Leven Heritage Trail was much colder than I expected this morning. Okay, it was cold but I was still feeling the cold while wearing a thermal long-sleeved t-shirt, another t-shirt, a fleece jumper, a windproof jacket and a … Continue reading →

I should have known better than to push my laden Sonder Broken Road up steep paths in the Pentland hills. It usually does by poor lower back no good at all and that was the case again in this instance. … Continue reading →

Friday 17th January and we were off down to Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders. By we, I refer to myself, ChoccyMuffin, my Brompton Mr Orange and another Brompton which might be Mr Green or Mr Lime or Mr Yuzu but … Continue reading →

It’s a pleasant change to turf somewhere different, away from the over-familiar local patch of Midlothian and enjoy the opportunity to collect a few unique zones. And today, I’m in Kirkliston, a small village to the west of Edinburgh, though … Continue reading →

Every morning, I logon to the computer and check if there are any new zones locally, and this morning fortune had favoured Midlothian and a new zone had appeared only a mile or so away from the house, down by … Continue reading →

Recently, I’ve been posting a few pages about bikes, called Bike Blogs, as you might expect. I’ve also been posting pages about Turf, Turf Blogs as you probably can surmise. But when the post concerns both bikes and turf, I … Continue reading →

The Lothian Buses No 31 Bonnyrigg – Eastcraigs, would take me from nearby zone Brixwold in Bonnyrigg all the way to zone Bughtlinside in Edinburgh, but I jumped off early, at bus stop Western Corner (E) on Corstorphine Road, which … Continue reading →

The Laws of Turf can often be frustrating, and Sod’s Law of Turf in particular can be very frustrating. Let me give you an example. I’ve been trying to find opportunity to take a turfer unique in Edinburgh. The turfer … Continue reading →