Category Archives: Turf

Yes folks, yet another Planet Gary unofficial turfing medal has been devised. It’s called the Borders Railway medal and requires you to take all the railway station zones dotted along the Borders Railway line between Edinburgh and Tweedbank. There are … Continue reading →

Now, this blog entry might be better in the Cycling section but as a bicycle is such an important part of turfing, I’ve decided to include it here. A few days ago, I stripped the Surly Ogre bicycle down to … Continue reading →

Recent weeks have seen me concentrating more on taking unique zones than anything else during my turfing sessions, mostly venturing across Edinburgh on the Swifty Air kick scooter. But the other day I chanced to look at the Turf League … Continue reading →

Having been up most of the night working away quietly in the shed, adding some motive embellishments to my faithful Swifty Air kick scooter, I was looking today to benefit from this extraordinary challenging operation. However, this was not to … Continue reading →

I am a cyclist without a cycle today. I am a cycle less cyclist, in other words a pedestrian. Having stripped down the Surly Ogre to have the frame, forks and rear carrier powder-coated at Pentland Powder Coatings, I’m without … Continue reading →

Back into Edinburgh again yesterday hunting more uniques. This time the Fairmilehead and Braid Hills areas. And I’ll start by saying that people on this side of town seem much more friendly than those encountered on my previous turfing visit … Continue reading →

There is a country, a fairly small one at that. In this country, they invented a delicacy called haggis. Some say haggis run wild and free in the wooded glens and on the snow-covered mountain tops of the Highlands. Same … Continue reading →

Hunting uniques on a kick scooter is jolly hard going and short of fitting an infinite improbability drive to the Swifty Zero or turning Mr Sensible (oh, God forbid!) and taking the bicycle instead, it will remain hard work on … Continue reading →