Category Archives: Turf

Here in the Turf Blog section of Planet Gary, I want to share some of my turfing adventures, taking you with me while I’m out exploring town and country in search of turf zones, for points, for medals and simply … Continue reading →

When you look at it on the map, it doesn’t look much of a challenge, in fact, it looks quite easy. Just a couple of zones on top of a shale bing, that’s basically a small hill made from the … Continue reading →

Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. It’s actually quite amazing when you mention Wester Hailes to people, well, some of them anyway. Oh, I wouldn’t go there, it’s too rough and they will nick the wheels of your car and the chocolate off … Continue reading →

Tuesday 13th February, I’m hunting turfer unique zones again, though meagre pickings with just the one down in Musselburgh. Today was also another example of how frustrating collecting turfer unique zones can be. So, I pedalled down to Musselburgh on … Continue reading →

Turf particles have been few and far between on Planet Gary these past few weeks, almost none existent, in fact. Ah, what is a turf particle you ask? Well, a turf particle is largely unknown to mainstream science though clever … Continue reading →

Many moons ago, when I was a innocent spotty teenage apprentice at James Gentles & Sons, Chartered Quantity Surveyors, Galashiels, there was much discussion in the office about the so-called butter mountain, the location of which I always wondered about. … Continue reading →

After four years of posting blogs about turfing, these past few weeks have been a real challenge to come up with interesting content for another turf blog. However, having been out turfing recently on our Brompton C Line folding bicycles, … Continue reading →

It’s truly amazing what a paleopolymer engineer can achieve these days. Or should I say, mad scientist? To be able to dig into the Lego fossil record, extract some Lego DNA from a lump of fossil amber, then culture a … Continue reading →