Jack Thurston

Quiet Monday night at the Laurieston but woah the interior 😍

Yes please!

The Kelpies at sunset

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. 🍻

Bike on a bus

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)

YouTube video by SGP Motorsport Stage 6 Riccarton Border Counties Rally 2022

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...

Scientists pinpoint the brain's internal mileage clock They located this key area of function by recording the brain activity of running rats.

Audax cyclists have this too, but it measures in km. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Large quantities of paper clips for sale

The #ai apocalypse is upon us. We’re all doomed!

The Hoctor Band - I Shot The Sheriff [US, Reggae Funk] (197x)

The Hoctor Band - I Shot The Sheriff [US, Reggae Funk] (197x)
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Libertine!

Hot damn it’s moist today

Not sure I could eat 23 bars in one sitting, but also not sure if one square is enough to make a sound judgement.

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.

Hello magazine cover showing William and Kate Windsor smiling astride bicycles. No helmets, just sunglasses.

Royal role models. Might have to whip this out the next time some busybody asks me where’s my helmet. 😎 #cycling

Infographic - text reads as follows: Burning fossil fuels is like burning old sunshine; now we can utilise the sun in real-time We are rapidly consuming fossil fuel reserves that took millions of years to form (and are essentially stores of old sunshine; I like that framing of it). We now have technologies that allow us to use the sun in real time (and the planet receives more than we could ever possibly need every day). The question is how much of that we can really tap into and at what cost.

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?

Nope - already used that one in the Wales book

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?

I feel sorry for the pro cyclists who have a strained relationship with cycling. And I often wonder why enjoying riding my bike means I should enjoy watching other people racing theirs. The complete opposite of your perspective. Vive la différence!

Posted by 'Man Behaving Dadly' on Facebook. Spotted on a bridge in Pontllanfraith in South Wales. A bridge covered with the flags if many nations. My personal favourite is the one in the middle that says ‘Flags is it?’

A bridge in South Wales

I enjoyed the wild horses too, very on brand for Lloyds

Absolute scenes on Mynydd Bedwellty in the Tour of Britain today. Single track lanes, herds of cows holding up the peloton. You wouldn't be surprised to know this fine road is a highlight of my "Welcome to the Valleys" route in #LostLanesWales.

Geraint Thomas outside his team bus at the finish of Stage 5 of the Tour of Britain

Gets his carriage clock tomorrow

Too close to “bumbling” for comfort. Especially at our ages!

The Welsh for Active Travel is Teithio Llesol, its literal meaning being beneficial, or wholesome, travel.

I’ll be riding up with the kids and watching from the roadside

Will Saturday's race up the Tumble feature three future Tour de France winners? 2009 nat champs was a hell of a race. Cav, Millar, Thomas, Stannard, Cummings, Dan Lloyd sneaking 3rd.

Who, where, when and what happened? And why am I posting this today?

Yes, Scotland, out spring 2026.

Nynehead Hollow. As featured in Lost Lanes West!

Henri Desgrange, the founder of the Tour de France, dreamed of a race so challenging that only one rider would finish. Thanks to Storm Floris, this year's London-Edinburgh-London audax may attain this dubious accolade. #lel2025