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
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
RIP Jimmy Cliff, musical titan, reggae giant, who also wrote and sang this, the unofficial anthem to audax cycling. For me it has to be the rarer, R&B arrangement. @audaxuk.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2zs...
Jimmy Cliff - Hard Road To Travel - Federal Records RARE Soul version
YouTube video by Kingstoned - soundzz
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November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff, musical titan, reggae giant, who also wrote and sang this, the unofficial anthem to audax cycling. For me it has to be the rarer, R&B arrangement. @audaxuk.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2zs...
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Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
A niche architectural style known as ‘Hebridean Brutalist’.
Bus Stop of The Day: Isle of Lewis. Pic: Dave Beere
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A niche architectural style known as ‘Hebridean Brutalist’.
Does North Macedonia have a rugby team? Asking for 15 friends. 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Does North Macedonia have a rugby team? Asking for 15 friends. 🏴
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Still can't believe I managed to climb up to Haytor and cycle part of Dartmoor. Breathtaking in a couple of ways. You can't go wrong with @jackthurston.bsky.social Lost Lanes books.
lostlanes.co.uk
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November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Well this is exciting. And unnerving as the book's still not quite finished. But very much on track for publication in Spring 2026.
Always judge a book by its cover, especially when it's by the brilliant Andrew Pavitt! #lostlanes #lostlanesscotland
Always judge a book by its cover, especially when it's by the brilliant Andrew Pavitt! #lostlanes #lostlanesscotland
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Well this is exciting. And unnerving as the book's still not quite finished. But very much on track for publication in Spring 2026.
Always judge a book by its cover, especially when it's by the brilliant Andrew Pavitt! #lostlanes #lostlanesscotland
Always judge a book by its cover, especially when it's by the brilliant Andrew Pavitt! #lostlanes #lostlanesscotland
Quite an impressive data visualisation on where refugees settled in the UK since 1989 came from. Part of the House of Commons Library briefing note on asylum policy. Link: researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN...
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quite an impressive data visualisation on where refugees settled in the UK since 1989 came from. Part of the House of Commons Library briefing note on asylum policy. Link: researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN...
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Lost Lanes West by @jackthurston.bsky.social today. No 23 starts in Bovey Tracey with a stiff 5 mile climb. Rest at 2.5 needed but lovely route so far.
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Lost Lanes West by @jackthurston.bsky.social today. No 23 starts in Bovey Tracey with a stiff 5 mile climb. Rest at 2.5 needed but lovely route so far.
All the routes from #LostLanesScotland on a single, basically incomprehensible, elevation chart.
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
All the routes from #LostLanesScotland on a single, basically incomprehensible, elevation chart.
If Scottish government bonds are going to be known as ‘kilts’ then when the Welsh government issues debt the bonds should be called ‘quilts’. You heard it here first, folks.
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If Scottish government bonds are going to be known as ‘kilts’ then when the Welsh government issues debt the bonds should be called ‘quilts’. You heard it here first, folks.
I know the feeling
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I know the feeling
A cap on the bike to work scheme would put downward pressure on bike prices, good for all.
Back when the cap was £1000, it led directly to the unprecedented “£1000 carbon road bike” that underpinned the early success of PlanetX.
Back when the cap was £1000, it led directly to the unprecedented “£1000 carbon road bike” that underpinned the early success of PlanetX.
How salary sacrifice tax breaks greased the wheels of cargo bike businesses on.ft.com/4oOsBrs
How salary sacrifice tax breaks greased the wheels of cargo bike businesses
Retailers worry about the impact of expected cap on cycle to work scheme in Budget
on.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A cap on the bike to work scheme would put downward pressure on bike prices, good for all.
Back when the cap was £1000, it led directly to the unprecedented “£1000 carbon road bike” that underpinned the early success of PlanetX.
Back when the cap was £1000, it led directly to the unprecedented “£1000 carbon road bike” that underpinned the early success of PlanetX.
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...