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==Events==
Soon it is time for the World Cup in Turf: It is [[Bonanza]] time! This year we all meet in [[Kommun:Västervik|Västervik]], on the east coast of [[Land:Sverige|Sweden]] in-between [[Kommun:Stockholm|Stockholm]] and [[Kommun:Kalmar|Kalmar]]. There will be a foot event and a bike event, lots of turfers, lots of fun and, hopefully, lots of sun. All this will take place on Saturday the 21st of May. In the evening there will be a Bonanza banquet where [[Turf Award Nomineringar 2021|Turf Awards 2022]] will be revealed. Come and join us! Read more about it here.
===Triathlon Event in Luleå - 11th of June AND a Midnight Event===
Two Turf events for the price of one in [[Kommun:Luleå|Luleå]], [[Region:Norrbotten|Norrbotten]] the second weekend of June. First during the day there will be a triathlon event where the participants will compete in three different categories; points, takes and unique zones. After the triathlon event there will be a Turf meeting at O´learys and then the Midnight event will start at 11.30 pm on the 11th of June and finish at 1.30 am on the 12th of June. To read more and sign up for these events go [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenpjMx3byFVlBxvXWmxJKWgi94BQlKQfSASw9tUd9GQ3eMTA/viewform HERE].
==Explorer medals==
In April three stories about Explorer medals surfaced in social media. Personally I like to take my time with the Explorers. [[Sweden explorer Explorer]] took a few years, [[Korea Explorer ]] two weeks, [[Finland Explorer ]] took three trips to [[Land:Finland|Finland]]. [[Denmark Explorer ]] took two weeks and [[Germany Explorer ]] took three weeks. Other turfers think differently...
[[Användare:Entertainer|Entertainer]] and [[Användare:Florence|Florence]] from [[Land:Sverige|Sweden]] bought a Day-card for the train (560 SEK) and did [[Netherland Explorer]] in one day, mainly by taking [[Järnvägsstationer|Train station zones]] I guess. I am sure they will share their route if you ask them.
[[Användare:Marcus_P|Marcus_P]] did something similar, but he spent two days on trains to take the regions he was missing in order to get the [[Germany Explorer]] as 4th German turfer. He was awarded his [[German Germany Explorer]] medal in [[Kommun:Köln|Cologne]] where he met up with [[Användare:JoasK|JoasK]] for a bit of turfing together.
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Finally, four [[Land:Sverige|Swedish]] turfers took the train from [[Kommun:Stockholm|Stockholm]] to [[Land:Danmark|Denmark]] and zipped around this small country for a few days. Here is their story:
For us, the great pleasure of turfing like this, is ending up in places where we would never have ended up otherwise. That we also sometimes meet happy, nice and helpful people is a pure bonus.
We have already started planning for the next Explorer medal… the question is of course… will it be [[Land:Norge|Norway…]] the [[Land:Nederländerna|Netherlands…]] [[Land:Tyskland|Germany…]] or maybe [[Land:Syd KoreaSydkorea|South Korea…]] the one who lives… and turf… will see.
/ [[Användare:CatEva|CatEva]], [[Användare:MyZon|MyZon]], [[Användare:Alfonsa|Alfonsa]] and [[Användare:Lledrot|Lledrot]]”
So which Explorer medal is next on your list? Personally I am taking an ”Explorer free Turf year”, but next year it looks like [[Land:Norge|Norway]] and maybe continuing on the [[UK Explorer|Great Britain Explorer]] where only three regions have been visited to date. If you are aiming for the UK Explorer this year and have not yet been to [[Region:Greater London|Greater London]] area and would like to bike, you might want to try out the city's "Boris bikes". This story from Steventon_gang about how to use the ”Boris bikes” to get around the [[Region:Greater London|Greater London]], might be inspiring:
”Travelling down on the train to London Euston twice in the April round, Boris bike turfing around [[Kommun:London|London]] has been great fun! With the extremely wide handlebars, I haven't been able to use a couple of mobile phone holders as I normally would on my home turf around Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe, which has made turfing more of a mental challenge and great practise of map memory skills when orienteering, and ruled out keeping my phone charged up on the go.....although I've been grateful of a bit of a break both days when being on the go for 7 hours or more.
Before the first Sunday in the month, I'd seen that there were still plenty of neutral zones over in the Fulham area, so deliberately made my way over to there from Euston, although the main aim was to rack up as many uniques as I could. Starting the day on around 2,360 uniques, I got my 2,500 unique medal with the zone on Blackfriars Bridge, which was a great zone to bring up the milestone towards the end of the day.
Getting the [[Decaregion Star|Decaregion medal]] at Watford Junction station on my way down ([[Region:East of England|East of England]] region) was also a good way to start the day. Of the 162 zones done, I kept 31 of those zones until my second visit on the last Friday of the round.
The second time I was meeting a friend in Bayswater for lunch, again with the aim of picking up uniques, so largely steered clear of the zones I'd done on my first visit. It was great to see places I'd not seen before despite studying and working in Central London for around 7 years - I'd never been to Primrose Hill before, parts of Notting Hill and Fulham, and bits of Shadwell and Limehouse, and managed 186 zones, although I had a bit more time with starting earlier, and a bit more daylight to make use of at the end of the day, although the lights on a Boris bike are adequate! Am looking forward to future visits to London, there's many routes still available to pick up lots of uniques in days out on getting down to Euston early in the morning.”
Pictures are returning to [[Turf insider|Turf Insider]], thanks to some real good instructions on how to insert them into the html-code of this e-mail.
Out of the submissions for this issues Turf [[Picture of the Month]], the choice fell on [[Zon:JomalaPond|JomalaPond]] sent in by [[Användare:Ojarnstr|ojarnstr]]. A big thanks to everyone for sending in their Turf Pictures :)[[Fil:JomalaPond.jpg|none|600px|thumb|]]If you have a Zone picture you want featured as Turf [[Picture of the Month]], send it to [Mailto:insider@turfgame.com insider@turfgame.com]]]
Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!