Category Archives: Turf

I think I may have discovered the reason why Team Scotland isn’t 1st, 1st and 1st in TURF 2022. Though I may be wrong, so don’t get grumpy. I logged onto the turf app the other morning, quite early on … Continue reading →

With the nights fast drawing in and the fact that turfing doesn’t stop when the light fails, I find myself in need of some better lighting for use on either of my bicycles. At the moment I use a pair … Continue reading →

Birds can sometimes display amazing feats of brain power. Take for instance the carrion crows that visit our back garden. I’ve watched them on numerous occasions swoop in with a piece of Hovis Granary toast or even an entire dried … Continue reading →

Good afternoon, or whatever it might be when you are reading this, in your own realm. Now, I bet you are just gagging to know how I faired with my attempts to remedy some very squeaky brakes on the Surly … Continue reading →

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 →