Category Archives: Turf

Some of you may have noticed that I’ve done away with the daily blog entries for TURF 2022. Initially I’d set out to create a blog-a-day for each of the 28 days of TURF 2022 but I was just finding … Continue reading →

Busy day today. Started with a silly o’clock session just after 11.00 am, enjoyed a very quiet and peaceful walk from Bonnyrigg across country to Gorebridge, aiming for the zone on Arniston shale bing, aptly called ArnistionBing, as you might … Continue reading →

Checking the turf app first thing in the morning, as you do, regardless that you’ve checked it every few hours throughout the night and slept not a wink, before the peanut-butter toast, before getting dressed, even before releasing that near-to-bursting … Continue reading →

Help! I’ve lost my turf mojo again. Struggling to find any enthusiasm to go turfing. Did managed a paltry 6 zones during a walk around Dalhousie Castle but that’s just totally crap. Really just could not be arsed at all. … Continue reading →

Not a lot to report today on my turfing session for Team Scotland. My cycle around Dalkeith only added 22 zones to the total and there isn’t much I can talk about without repeating myself. However, I was out late … Continue reading →

No turfing yesterday due to a dodgy back after bicycle turfing down in the Scottish Borders, but should manage a circuit of the home patch of Bonnyrigg later this morning, and perhaps Eskbank and Dalkeith later on. It would have … Continue reading →

Not a good turfing day today, in fact a zero-turfing day. This was down to two things, one a very sore back after a day bicycle turfing down in Peebles and Innerleithen the day before. Not that riding the bike … Continue reading →

Peebles for Pleasure. I first heard that saying when I started work as an Apprentice Quantity Surveying Technician back in 1978 at James Gentles & Son, Chartered Quantity Surveyors & Cost Consultants, Galashiels, down in the Scottish Borders. I thought … Continue reading →

I’ve just taken four zones and I’m standing in Kirk Bank wood, Newbattle about to take my fifth, zone Newbattle. The time is 1.58 am and I’m chancing my luck at the fair-weather window forecast between 2.00 am and 4.00 … Continue reading →