Jack Thurston
@jackthurston.bsky.social
Unserious cyclist.
Writer, podcaster, snapper, trespasser. #LostLanes books, Slow Cycling films on GCN+, The Bike Show podcast. PBP2023 finisher.
Insta: _lostlanes
Writer, podcaster, snapper, trespasser. #LostLanes books, Slow Cycling films on GCN+, The Bike Show podcast. PBP2023 finisher.
Insta: _lostlanes
Crazy floods in Abergavenny tonight. The lane outside our house is 3 ft underwater, with an abandoned vehicle, water pouring through gaps the wall into my rhubarb patch. Down the hill there are walls exploding, many shops inundated. #stormclaudia
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Crazy floods in Abergavenny tonight. The lane outside our house is 3 ft underwater, with an abandoned vehicle, water pouring through gaps the wall into my rhubarb patch. Down the hill there are walls exploding, many shops inundated. #stormclaudia
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Increasingly likely that "all pain, no gain" will be the title of the post-mortem of this government.
“All pain, no gain,” says government source of extraordinary FT story that Reeves has abandoned income tax rise after weeks of pitch-rolling. www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Increasingly likely that "all pain, no gain" will be the title of the post-mortem of this government.
Make that Parliamentary Undersecretary for Paperclips material. FFS what a clown show.
It comes down to can you do the job. Gordon Brown was a masterly Chancellor but always struggled as PM. Keir Starmer feels more like Foreign Secretary material than PM. But I'd take either of them over Sunak, Truss, Johnson, May, Cameron etc.
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Make that Parliamentary Undersecretary for Paperclips material. FFS what a clown show.
@ged-ben.bsky.social Hi Ian do you have data on participation @audaxuk.bsky.social calendar events broken down by UK nation/region? I'm looking for a stat on participation in calendar events in Scotland. thanks, Jack.
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
@ged-ben.bsky.social Hi Ian do you have data on participation @audaxuk.bsky.social calendar events broken down by UK nation/region? I'm looking for a stat on participation in calendar events in Scotland. thanks, Jack.
I was having this weird 'conversation' with ChatGPT the other evening, about climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, Milankovitch cycles, Ice Ages and all that stuff. Very informative, until... 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I was having this weird 'conversation' with ChatGPT the other evening, about climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, Milankovitch cycles, Ice Ages and all that stuff. Very informative, until... 1/2
It comes down to can you do the job. Gordon Brown was a masterly Chancellor but always struggled as PM. Keir Starmer feels more like Foreign Secretary material than PM. But I'd take either of them over Sunak, Truss, Johnson, May, Cameron etc.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It comes down to can you do the job. Gordon Brown was a masterly Chancellor but always struggled as PM. Keir Starmer feels more like Foreign Secretary material than PM. But I'd take either of them over Sunak, Truss, Johnson, May, Cameron etc.
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Can you name all four members of what would have been quite the supergroup?
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Can you name all four members of what would have been quite the supergroup?
Enjoyable evening in Bristol with @annacycles.bsky.social and a select crowd. End to End touring tales remembering the late great @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social and veering into cycling & mental health. Never a bad day on the bike, as Tim would say.
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Enjoyable evening in Bristol with @annacycles.bsky.social and a select crowd. End to End touring tales remembering the late great @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social and veering into cycling & mental health. Never a bad day on the bike, as Tim would say.
Love the line from Jon Stewart that social media serves up “ultraprocessed information”, like junk food, lab designed to give you a hollow fix of sugar, salt and fat and the aching need to come back soon for more. pca.st/episode/50f6...
Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump
pca.st
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Love the line from Jon Stewart that social media serves up “ultraprocessed information”, like junk food, lab designed to give you a hollow fix of sugar, salt and fat and the aching need to come back soon for more. pca.st/episode/50f6...
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A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
I wrote this mini guide to the hardest road cycling climbs of Monmouthshire. How many have you ridden? www.visitmonmouthshire.com/inspire-me/r...
A Climber's Paradise: Exploring the Road Climbs of Monmouthshire
When Tour of Britain riders tackle the notorious Tumble twice in one stage, they'll be sampling just a taste of what makes Monmouthshire a climber's paradise. As the race prepares to take on…
www.visitmonmouthshire.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I wrote this mini guide to the hardest road cycling climbs of Monmouthshire. How many have you ridden? www.visitmonmouthshire.com/inspire-me/r...
I’ve become that sort of mid-life cyclist who already has (or has had) all the normal bikes and is now only interested in the freak ones. N+2 collected today. How long before I’m sniffing around recumbents?
October 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I’ve become that sort of mid-life cyclist who already has (or has had) all the normal bikes and is now only interested in the freak ones. N+2 collected today. How long before I’m sniffing around recumbents?
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Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and fairer
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and fairer
That’s a wrap! A fitting scene to end the last recce ride for #LostLanesScotland. By far the most challenging and rewarding Lost Lanes book to research. Book will be out next spring 🫰🏴🚲Now off to have some bevvies in Glasgow. 🍻
September 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
That’s a wrap! A fitting scene to end the last recce ride for #LostLanesScotland. By far the most challenging and rewarding Lost Lanes book to research. Book will be out next spring 🫰🏴🚲Now off to have some bevvies in Glasgow. 🍻
My bike, on a bus! Good work, Border Buses. (This is the X95, Carlisle - Edinburgh, though I hopped of at Canonbie and rode to Hawick where I am now)
September 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My bike, on a bus! Good work, Border Buses. (This is the X95, Carlisle - Edinburgh, though I hopped of at Canonbie and rode to Hawick where I am now)
Researching a potential gravel section for a #LostLanesScotland ride and the best info I can find on it (before recce'ing it myself next week) is this YouTube video of a car rally. What do you all reckon? www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O93...
Stage 6 Riccarton Border Counties Rally 2022
YouTube video by SGP Motorsport
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Researching a potential gravel section for a #LostLanesScotland ride and the best info I can find on it (before recce'ing it myself next week) is this YouTube video of a car rally. What do you all reckon? www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O93...
Audax cyclists have this too, but it measures in km. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scientists pinpoint the brain's internal mileage clock
They located this key area of function by recording the brain activity of running rats.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Audax cyclists have this too, but it measures in km. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Hoctor Band - I Shot The Sheriff [US, Reggae Funk] (197x)
https://redd.it/7urekv
https://youtu.be/2aP69DhQhJE
https://redd.it/7urekv
https://youtu.be/2aP69DhQhJE
The Hoctor Band - I Shot The Sheriff [US, Reggae Funk] (197x)
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The Hoctor Band - I Shot The Sheriff [US, Reggae Funk] (197x)
https://redd.it/7urekv
https://youtu.be/2aP69DhQhJE
https://redd.it/7urekv
https://youtu.be/2aP69DhQhJE
Hot damn it’s moist today
September 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Hot damn it’s moist today
Someday I will buy one bar of all 23 Ritter Sport variants, gather together my 15 favourite people in the world, and together we will determine which one is the best.
September 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Someday I will buy one bar of all 23 Ritter Sport variants, gather together my 15 favourite people in the world, and together we will determine which one is the best.
I too like this way of thinking about solar power v fossil fuels, from @ember-energy.org via @hannahritchie.bsky.social's excellent Substack newsletter.
You could say that wind power is also solar power, as it's the sun that powers the wind, via uneven heating of the earth's surface, right?
You could say that wind power is also solar power, as it's the sun that powers the wind, via uneven heating of the earth's surface, right?
September 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I too like this way of thinking about solar power v fossil fuels, from @ember-energy.org via @hannahritchie.bsky.social's excellent Substack newsletter.
You could say that wind power is also solar power, as it's the sun that powers the wind, via uneven heating of the earth's surface, right?
You could say that wind power is also solar power, as it's the sun that powers the wind, via uneven heating of the earth's surface, right?
Having fun finishing the ride titles for Lost Lanes Scotland - have snuck in references to tracks by Tina Turner, Madonna, and the Stooges. Will they get past the editor though?
September 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Having fun finishing the ride titles for Lost Lanes Scotland - have snuck in references to tracks by Tina Turner, Madonna, and the Stooges. Will they get past the editor though?