Jack Thurston

Was thinking of The Clachan pub in the West End. Sadly the Scottish Stores in KingsX doesn’t quite live up to its history. Obvs Great Scotland Yard. William Wallace memorial in Smithfield - a bit bad taste? Site of the Royal Caledonian Asylum?

London cycling friends - am thinking of hosting a Scottish themed social ride to mark the publication of my new Lost Lanes book. All will be welcome. Help me compile a few 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 landmarks in Londontown.

That’s an underrated achievement. Well done. I remember my December 200 as very cold, dark and lonely.

Bike World magazine cover photo taken from behind two touring cyclists with fully loaded bicycles. The rider on the left has her hand on the shoulder of the rider on the right.

June and Greg Siple on Hemistour
Bike World magazine
May 1974

Construction of the Forth Bridge (1882-1890). The longest single cantilever bridge span in the world, until 1919.

Wow that’s pretty bad - over 70% here in Monmouthshire

Wikipedia seems to think he was en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_D...

1936 Sunbeam 22″ Golden Light Roadster Model ‘D’ 1936 Sunbeam 22″ Golden Light Roadster Model ‘D’ The Top-of-the-Range Model for its Year (Now sold) This lovely old Sunbeam is in excellent condition and ready to see faithful ser…

I'd really love to have a ride one of those high end Sunbeams. Have you ever? oldbike.wordpress.com/1936-sunbeam...

Ooops I meant 1938. Kuklos rode a Sunbeam too I believe? Here's his last column. Poor fellow died while under anaesthetic during an operation.

Bike is a classic - as advocated by Kuklos in his last ever newspaper column (1935) as the ‘Everyman Bicycle’. Whatever happened to the English roadster w/ oil bath chain case?

Nigel Dunnett (Sheff uni prof) is one of the big names in urban planting. 2012 Olympic Park & much more. Assume he was involved in this in some way too.

Grey to Green – Sheffield Grey to Green is an award-winning scheme bringing colour and sustainability to inner-city Sheffield. It helps with flood prevention and has created a green public space that encourages cycling and wal...

Sheffield www.greytogreen.org.uk

Still no Pontrilas Parkway. One day…

I never saw her there, just heard tell that she liked the place. And I studiously avoided making eye contact with the Rev. He deserved to enjoy his egg, bacon & beans in peace. So it’s a bit thin as anecdotes go.

It requires familiarity with Marie’s Cafe, I’m afraid. A Waterloo institution, frequented by Tracey Emin also. Now can you imagine her and the Rev Jackson enjoying a fry up together?

I once had lunch at the next table from Jesse Jackson in Marie’s Cafe on Lower Marsh in Waterloo. Bit random but 100% true.

Wow.

This is peak Avon valley content

if you’re prime minister, it is kind of astonishing to say your legacy will be winning the election. that’s the job interview mate

Are you working as a goalie now?

"The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.”

Latecomers to the volcano party! I stand corrected - again. From a landscape perspective they’re of a piece in my mind - great, craggy sentinels, landmarks for wayfarers.

Josh is quite right - some of the curling stones come from the Trefor Quarry in North Wales. Maen ddrwg da fi.

I stand corrected! Old fact, clearly.

You’re the king of the sitting down sports! Were you ever a rower?

Ailsa Craig, a small vertiginous island in the Firth of Clyde

Curling at the Winter Olympics

Traprain Law

North Berwick Law

All the granite curling stones in the Winter Olympics are quarried on Ailsa Craig, a small volcanic island off Scotland's west coast. A chain of these geological relics stretches across the Central Belt as far as the North Sea. And they're the theme of a ride in m'new book Lost Lanes Scotland.

Waymo admits that its autopilot is often just guys from the Philippines Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, recently noted that when the company's robotaxis encounter unusual situations, they may switch control to the remote drivers. While some of...

Cities will micromanage an e-bike, but are fine with multi-ton cars being beta tested on our streets by remote workers overseas.

Make it make sense.

Entire world: welcome to the “decathlon,” ten classic athletic skills in one event!

Finland: no. biathlon. Two things. Ski and gun

Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?

Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…

Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.

Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.