Category Archives: Turf

Progress continues towards the next medal in the Roundpointer series, but at a slower pace than in previous days. Due to cold weather and its effect on my poor wee toes, I’ve been avoiding the bike these past couple of … Continue reading →

Reached a small milestone in my quest for Roundpointer medals. With medals for 10k, 25k, 50k, 75k and 100k already in the bag, I managed to reach 200,000 points yesterday, only 50,000 points away from the next medal in the … Continue reading →

Greetings. The trouble with being retired, if you can really call it trouble, is that you get tasked with household chores. And that’s what I’m doing at the moment, as I write these words, waiting for the clothes wash to … Continue reading →

With the first week or so of Round #158 now complete, and having gained the Roundpointer-100k medal, I wanted to take a look at some facts and figures relating to my turfing sessions to date. To do this, I copied … Continue reading →

Well, that was a nice surprise, albeit an expected one. I run the Turf app on the mobile phone and see my points total has increased overnight to 101,500 from the 98,700 when I last looked yesterday evening. Oh, the … Continue reading →

Let me set the scene this fine morning. It’s been pissing down raining heavily since 6.00 pm yesterday, that ≥95% chance of precipitation on the Met Office weather forecast, proving completely accurate, and when I say raining it’s not just … Continue reading →

This morning points total starts off at 68,500, a pleasant increase overnight from yesterday’s 67,000. Another 1500 points free thanks to PPH. Today my target is 75,000 points (or more!) and the Roundpointer-75k medal. Lost a few local zones overnight, … Continue reading →

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. So is regret. With hindsight, I regret not bribing master bicycle repairman Scott at MuttsCycles to knobble turfer Hodge’s bicycle which was in for repair. I should have known that “Hardcore” Hodge would take all … Continue reading →

Could have slept on this morning but some bloody alarm clock decided otherwise at 6.00 am. Not my alarm clock I might add, I’ve not used one for about 30-years. No, this alarm clock belonged to ChoccyMuffin and I’d promised … Continue reading →

Today’s turf challenge was another turf medal, the Roundpointer-25k. Yesterday’s efforts gained me the Roundpointer-10k, and by the time I was off to bed my points total was sitting at around 15,000 leaving me this morning with just another 10,000 … Continue reading →