Category Archives: Turf

Turf Blog 05-06-23

Posted on 05/06/2023 by Gary

Some people would say I’m crazy to go single speed for turfing but then some people say I’m crazy anyway. So, I can ignore them. Some people, especially those who are the proprietors of the “right” kind of bicycle emporium, … Continue reading →

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Turf Blog 03-06-23

Posted on 03/06/2023 by Gary

Visiting tourists to Planet Gary can hardly fail to notice that there’s a new turfing bicycle on the block, a rather bright technicolour bicycle, a single speed bicycle. Yes, a single speed, a bicycle without changeable gears, just the one … Continue reading →

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Turf Video 02-06-23

Posted on 03/06/2023 by Gary

With the custom single speed bike project largely completed, it was time for a shakedown session around Bonnyrigg, of course, taking a few zones as well. And I must say I was very surprised how easy and relaxing it was … Continue reading →

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Turf Video 31-05-23

Posted on 31/05/2023 by Gary

Took me a while to decide if I should do a normal video with voice-over or a time lapse, settled for the latter, bearing in mind all those hills in Gorebridge I’ll have to puff my way up and all … Continue reading →

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Turf Video 27-05-23

Posted on 29/05/2023 by Gary

I mentioned the other day about creating a turfing video at night, well, here it is. A circuit around Newbattle Abbey in Dalkeith. The session was originally only a test run to check that my ideas on filming would actually … Continue reading →

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Turf Blog 27-05-23

Posted on 27/05/2023 by Gary

Down in Aberlady Bay last night, with plenty of thinking time between the handful of zones there, I’ve decided to set myself a wee challenge and that challenge is to create some turfing videos at night. Obviously, this isn’t an … Continue reading →

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Turf Blog 26-05-23

Posted on 27/05/2023 by Gary

I am in the zone. The zone is PillBoxWW2. The location is Aberlady Bay, East Lothian. The time is 22:46. I have just been attacked by eight assailants, some of them juveniles, some mere infants. Thankfully, my time spent on … Continue reading →

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Turf Video 25-05-23

Posted on 25/05/2023 by Gary

The Penicuik to Dalkeith railway opened around 1872 and operated until it’s closure in the 1950’s. Now a well-graded cycle path, it’s popular with cyclists, dog walkers, runners and, of course, turfers, fat bikers and kick-scooterists, with a good number … Continue reading →

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Turf Video 24-05-23

Posted on 25/05/2023 by Gary

Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? This is Turf Disco! We have Kylie Minogue, Can’t Get You out Of My Head from 2001. We have Blondie, Hanging On The Telephone from 1976. We have Kate Bush, Hounds of Love from … Continue reading →

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Turf Blog 24-05-23

Posted on 25/05/2023 by Gary

Back on Turf Blog 25-04-23 I announced yet another unofficial Planet Gary turfing medal called Nature Watch, where you must identify either 5, 10 or 25 different species of animal from within a turf zone. And that’s the only rule. … Continue reading →

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