Category Archives: Turf

My investigation into the questionable and unfathomable art of arm-pitting is moving forwards, albeit at a snail’s pace, perhaps a case of two steps forwards and one step backwards. My purchase of a Waterfly bum bag fanny pack (I always … Continue reading →

September has been a disappointing turfing month, initial plans to rack up some points, takes and uniques for the Turf Ultimate Region Fight 2025 simply did not happen. Nor did ideas to attempt the 200 takes over 24-hours for the … Continue reading →

There’s a term in Scotland that many will know about, and of course, many may not. That term is called “the dreaded lurgy” This is a humorous term for an unspecified or indeterminate illness such as a heavy cold or … Continue reading →

Writing a turf blog is challenging, as is thinking up a topic or theme for that same turf blog. Of course, I have plenty of interests of my own that may, or more likely may not, be of passing interest … Continue reading →

There’s some interesting statistics I’ve mentioned a few times over the 1700 plus days since I first started turfing, taking my very first zone Pittendreich at 12:41:19 on the 21st December 2020. The statistics concern the numbers of turfers who … Continue reading →

The best laid plans, aye well. Thought, after the Round reset at 11.00 am, I’ll ride out East as far as Longniddry, then make my way back towards Bonnyrigg, through Longniddry, Cockenzie and Port Seton, Prestonpans and Musselburgh, taking as … Continue reading →

Sunday sees the start of Round #183 of this fine game and also the beginning of another challenge as well, the annual TURF Ultimate Region Fight 2025, which has nine teams battling it out this year, including one from Germany, … Continue reading →

Until this week I’d never been to Ayr, a town located on the southwest coast of Scotland and to be honest, I never even considered it as a holiday destination, that is until turf came along and took over by … Continue reading →

In an effort to get myself back into the turf groove, I set off into Edinburgh with Mr Bumble, the single speed Brompton with the aim of taking at least 10 zones towards the Edinburgh Rood mission. Ideally, I’d like … Continue reading →

Today, we shall mostly be looking at the topic of mobile phones for turfing, or more specifically, mobile phone mounts on bicycles. One issue I’ve discovered recently was the lack of space between the “U” shaped handlebars on the Brompton … Continue reading →