Category Archives: Turf

When I first started turfing I was very critical of other turfers who “owned” the zones around their local area, having on various occasions discovered the zones I’d just taken were taken back within seconds of the block expiring. Galashiels … Continue reading →

The first rule of turf-birding is not what goes on while turf-birding stays within turf-birding. No, the first rule of turf-birding is that only birds you see from within the turf zone count. So, that dodo you thought you saw … Continue reading →

Where to begin? I know, the day before today, the day we said goodbye to my dad. I knew it was going to be a real challenging day for us all as today was the funeral and I’d been tossing … Continue reading →

The Daily-Five is a wonderful turf challenge. It encourages you to get out and turf at least five zones every day. But I’ve noticed there is a downside in that you can find yourself only taking those five zones. Which … Continue reading →

Now, before we start talking bicycles. There’s been an interesting post on the Turf website about a mysterious prize for the turfer who takes the 100,000,000th zone. The count at the moment (12.30 pm, 25th January) is about 99,912,000 and … Continue reading →

Today was the perfect day for turfing at the coast. The weather was cold and windy, but also bright and sunny, I had the car at my disposal and desperately needed some time to myself following my father passing away … Continue reading →

Things have been rather challenging these past few weeks and turfing has had to take a back seat due to family matters. My poor old dad passed away on the 12th January in the Margaret Kerr Unit at the Borders … Continue reading →

Until recently there was 35 zones in my local patch of Bonnyrigg, and I’d spent a lot of time working out an efficient route round them all, something which was very useful for my attempt at the Darkest Ninja medal. … Continue reading →

Cramond Island, Edinburgh. Located a mile off the coast from Cramond village, this neat little tidal island has a long history of human occupation. Early occupiers of the island would likely have been the Romans – they had a large … Continue reading →