Category Archives: Turf

The Edinburgh Roon Turf Mission is a strange beast when you concentrate solely on taking just the zones on the list, not bothering about any other zones you might come across. It almost feels like the zones are in different … Continue reading →

I actually took a picture of the bloody zone, zone 1984, that bloody one. I even posed a stupid cuddy toy with a jingly bell on the bike for the photo. I can even recall the words “taking zone” as … Continue reading →

Your mission, Turfer, should you choose to accept it is, either take, in strict alphabetical order, 140 zones widely scattered across Edinburgh or take 211 zones along the length of the canal between Edinburgh and the Bowling, near Glasgow, the … Continue reading →

Let’s start with a strange question. Does turfing cause you to dream or rather have nightmares? I found myself dreaming last night, yes dreaming about turfing. I was turfing in an urban city somewhere. It had the open green spaces … Continue reading →

A tiring day. Started with a 90-minute drive to the Scottish Borders to take the 9 zones in Duns. Then across to Berwick-upon-Tweed for the 30 zones there. After that up the coast to take the 3 zones in a … Continue reading →

I’ve just started reading a paperback with the title What Goes Around – a London Cycle Courier’s Story by Emily Chappell* and while I’m only on chapter two, it’s interesting to see the similarities between bicycle couriers and turfing on … Continue reading →

Well folks, it has finally happened to me. That thing you dread the most when you set out for a turfing session. I’ve dropped the car off at Meadowfield Garage in Newtongrange to deal with some soon-to-be-needed advisory work following … Continue reading →

The middle of March, a bright warm sunny Saturday, nice in the sunshine, cool in the shade, but not the ideal day to be turfing on a bicycle along Portobello promenade. But if you are into people watching you would … Continue reading →

When I starting off today’s turfing session the plan was to clear the local zones in Bonnyrigg and Rosewell to allow ChoccyMuffin to take them again and get herself away from the relegation zones in the League. However, it also … Continue reading →