Turf insider Augusti 2021

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Round winners

Congratulations to the winners of round 133: Xtrmrunner from Lounais-Suomi turfed home her first Gold, Oberoff from Stockholm secured his second Silver by biking 3 384 kms during 242 hours and 32 min and Welshman from Lounais-Suomi had to make do with a bronze this time, it was another family members turn to Turf for Gold ;)

Well done mates!

Bonanza 2021 - arranged by the association Örebro Turfers

Turf Crew together with Örebro Turfers invites every turfer to the most awaited Bonanza 2021.

On Saturday the 4th of September two open events will takes place in Örebro. Every turfer who participates will be awarded the Bonanza medal. First the Foot event, 10 am to noon, followed by the Bike Event, 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm. In the evening a Banquet will take place, starting at 6 pm.

Read more about the event, how to register and all things Bonanza HERE (Swedish) and HERE FOR ENGLISH.

And register for this fun World Cup event HERE.

Canoe Turf 2021

Kalmar Turf Association invites everyone to a Canoe Turf Event on the 14th of August. Invitation HERE (only in Swedish).

Turf Adventures

Two special adventures featuring female turfers took place in the last couple of rounds. Cissiliana from Uppsala decided to bike from Stockholm to Ängelholm during the round start in July and Anniña from Stockholm set out on her dream adventure together with Kygni from Uppsala. Here are their stories :)

Anniña and Kygni's Kebnekaise adventure

by Anniña with a little help from Kygni

”As usual when the two of us are leaving for a Turf Adventure, it was quite spontaneously booked and not so well planned.

We met up in Luleå where we then spent a day preparing and we also turfed a bit in Luleå. I can never resist a few extra unique zones!

The journey from Luleå to Keb Mountain Station by train, bus and foot was quite zoneless on June 29th. A few more zones along the nice trek between Nikkaluokta and Kebnekaise Mountain Station would be appreciated (hint to future zone makers in the area).

Once at Keb Mountain Station, we did not have the weather on our side but had to wait a few days before we could head to the top. So we had to spend time colouring KebStation (ed. in Warded the zones get different colours depending on how many times you have taken them). We managed to paint it red during our stay. While we waited for better weather we went on shorter trips, for example we visited TarfalaStugan which was the most complicated zone around Kebnekaise. It was almost impossible to get coverage there even though we had access to 4 different cell phone operators.

On the third day the weather was better and we started our journey up to the top. When we got over the first peak, we passed Kaffedalen and I (Anniña) managed to go through the snow/ice layer, so when we got up a bit on the very top of Kebnekaise, the energy started to run out, but then I, who had been disconnected from the outside world since we left Kiruna, received a message greeting me welcome to Norway so I could go into the Turf app and realize that we were very close to the first zone NyaTopStugan which unfortunately was far from the top cottage but taking the zone gave me new strength so the next hour up to the top which was mostly to wade through wet snow did not feel like a problem. It was great to stand in the Kebnekaise zone and look at the South top, our goal.

Once we reached Sydtoppen (ed. zone Kebnekaise), we realized that the hope of also being able to take KebNordtoppen had to be postponed to the future. It was with a mixture of horror and delight that we stood there at the top. We could not really rejoice that we had managed to climb it because now we had the whole long way back.

After replenishing our energy with food and water, we started the way back and it was pretty easy. But it was only when we were back at the KebStation zone that the euphoria to have done it came. It was an absolutely amazing experience. We had booked our tickets home for the 3rd of July so on the 2nd we mostly enjoyed the magnificent landscape and nature of the place until we started hiking back the following day.

Next time we might get a few more Turfers with us and manage to take us all the way to the northern peak to take zone KebNordtoppen. It was a fantastic turfing adventure that I hope many more will embark on.

Cissiliana's long distance bike ride adventure

by Cissiliana

It all started as a joke but when I added up the total distance I'd covered during various previous turf-rides, it actually felt doable and increasingly attractive. We (ed. she had a non-turfer along for the ride) started with my mother's midsummer lunch buffet in Järna outside Södertälje and then biked an average 88 km a day down to my family in the summer house outside Ängelholm in Skåne.

Since it was a long way to go (708 km) I could as well stop by in the well-renowned Turf city Kalmar which also gave us a rest day. Booking the hostels during the trip as well as stopping and swimming spontaneously gave a much-needed sense of freedom for this mother of three.

Many stops were taken at Turf zones since they often are placed in nice areas like the zone "Figeholm" in the town with the same name. I didn´t have big turfing ambitions for this trip, especially since my company doesn´t turf but many zones were exactly on our route :)

One thing I really wanted though was to visit the region "Blekinge". We touched Blekinge and took the closest zone which unfortunately happened to be the highest point of Blekinge (Rävabacken). After a suprisingly gentle ascent I was rewarded with the Icosaregion Star-medal. By that time Turf had gained a new member in "Alexiz".

I recommend you to try something similar; it was a pleasure for all senses and I am longing for my next trip. The nice weather helped of course and some light rain cooled us nicely in the warm temperatures but when we almost had reached our final destination we had to take shelter in a no-zone bus stop during a thunderstorm. I'm glad I did not have to use the spare inner tube I had with me and am now adding cable ties on my packing list as the package holder gave me some trouble.

Cissiliana's 5 tips for longer biking tours

Leave the tent at home and cut down on the packing and grant yourself a good night's sleep in a hostel or hammock.

Hanging your wet swimwear on the bike while biking dries the clothes quickly.

Choose your route carefully, the road surface and slopes really affect your speed.

Bring cable ties.

The more breakfasts the better.


There you have it, two fantastic Turf adventures by some amazing turfers :)

Public Right of Access

Lately there has been an increase in Issues regarding zones in areas signed off as Private. I myself have had three such issues regarding zones in Sweden in the last few months. In two cases I wrote to the municipalities in question to ask if the ”Private” signs were legal. From one municipality the answer was a stern ”No. Those signs had to go.” and from the other the answer was the signs were legal, but you as a private person had the right to walk, jog, ride a horse and ski through the area marked off by the signs. The municipality quoted the Swedish Allemansrätt (Right of Public Access). Thanks to the Allemansrätt, it is very difficult to post signs restricting access to an area by foot. You have the right to walk just about anywhere in Sweden as long as you are in transit. And for sure, that is the case for us turfers, we are almost always on our way to ”just one more zone” :)

HERE you can read more about the Swedish Allemansrätt (Swedish) or IN ENGLISH HERE (pdf-file).

The right of access exists in other countries too, but to a lesser degree. As most zone makers are Swedish we are somewhat 'tainted' by the Swedish ease at which we can go everywhere, both in urban environments and in nature. We get quite a few issues about zones in ”Private areas” in non-Swedish countries, and a lot of those places would have been OK in Sweden. But we move them and try to stay away from similar places in the future :)

In Sweden we don't move zones just because of the "Private Area"-sign because a) most likely you still have the right to walk there and b) it is possible it is an illegal sign, so please contact the municipality in question and ask before you write an issue. Of course, if the general feeling is that the zone is a disturbance for the people living there, the zone can be moved, but we don't move it just because of a sign.

Did you know...

...in round 133 a new record was set for the number of Region medals awarded - 56. The previous record was round 127 with 52 medals.

Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!

//Munin


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