Category Archives: Turf

Having been cooped up in the house all day keeping an eye on the builders who are working on our new and ridiculously expensive mini-porch, I was very keen, nay desperate, to be out on the Surly Ogre taking some … Continue reading →

After two days of near torrential rain, it was nice to get out on the bike and enjoy some (dryish) weather turfing along the coast at Musselburgh. The weather was still miserably dank and wet with midge infested drizzle. Yes … Continue reading →

Yesterday saw me finally completing my Midlothian A2Z turf challenge taking the final Z zone in Loanhead, a zone called ZoneMayBurn. Not the most exciting of zones as zones go but there you go. It was the only zone beginning … Continue reading →

Sixty-one years ago, way back in 1961, on this very day, was the day I was born, dragged screaming, kicking and naked into this world. Yes, 61-years old today, or 61-years young, whatever is your preference. At every birthing day, … Continue reading →

Once upon a time in the not-too-distant past, I banged my elbow. It was one of those little knocks you barely notice at the time, think will be fine in a day or so and forget about. In fact, I … Continue reading →

Tonight, I set my sights on making a start towards two of my unofficial turf medals, the Ghost Hunter, completing a Ghost Minute at 5 different holy zones, together with the Grail Knight, taking 5 different zones with the Holy … Continue reading →

Dalkeith Country Park, or DCP for short, located to the north-east of Dalkeith town centre offers up a good dozen well-spaced zones, plus one other isolated zone I’ve added due to its close vicinity, and because it was sad and … Continue reading →

Gosford Bay, East Lothian, my destination for the day. I’m here to bag the small handful of uniques that have been lying there for some time, all doing their best to annoy me into taking them. Just looks untidy having … Continue reading →

When I came up with the idea of the Ghost Minute and Grail unofficial medals series, I created them so that it would be possible to combine the two medals at the same time. So, if you are at a … Continue reading →