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Andrew Walmsley
@andrewwalmsley.bsky.social
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A former northerner, now a softy southerner, does IT stuff and is a liker of Guinness. A father of three, married to a latina and based in the UK.

Life: #Family | #Travel | #WorldWeLiveIn
Interests: #Reading | #Comedy | #Politics | #Podcasts| #Environment
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Definitely flour. Honestly. 😬 #xmas #threeelfs
Row of three Christmas elfs on blue floor, looking very mischievous, lying on a line of snow like powder.
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Weekend weather held up well. Not so for Monday morning, as I get in the car for a trip t'north. #winteriscoming
View of a river, tree lined path by the side with the sun shining through the trees on a frosty morning
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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You kept that quiet. #wonderwhy Belated birthday wishes!
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Fascinating sport, a real eye opener to the physical gymnastics these guys perform. Short but swift engagement between giants! #sumo #wrestling #london
Three sumo wrestlers on wooden floor prepare to celebrate their sport. Taking place in Royal Albert Hall in London, with 24 wrestlers overall.
October 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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And manage to taste a local brew. Very, very nice too. #Storm #windsorandetonbrewary
Pint of Storm stout ale from Windsor and Eton brewery.
October 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Windsor rocked, no Charlie today, but did glimpse his Bentley in the castle grounds, surrounded in the wider streets with the dozens, upon dozens of Range Rovers. 🤷 #windsor #eton
Picture of green fields, with long line of trees and top of Windsor Castle visible. An autumnal day.
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Lead story, really @news.sky.com ? Not our circus and definitely should not be leading or anywhere near top headlines.

Get a grip FFS, report on news that is relevant, appropriate and a priority for the UK audience you broadcast too.
#uknews #skynews
Image of a Charlie Kirk story, on events with this proven American right wing individual, who was recently shot.
September 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Decisions, decisions. Watched Arsenal win away from home with Athletico Madrid, I'm torn between a bit of Spanish or Italian flair, to watch next. 🫣
#championsleague #football #europe
Picture of champions league games tonight, including Arsenal, Tottenham from the UK teams, and the likes of Real Madrid and Juventus also playing. Picture of champions league games tonight, including Arsenal, Tottenham from the UK teams, and the likes of Real Madrid and Juventus also playing.
September 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Last days of summer. #bankholiday #bouremouth
Picture of a sunny day at the beach in Bournemouth.
August 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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The replies to the original post, speak for themselves. Also...
July 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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A warm welcome to the arriving Venezuelans! #Venezuela #SantaTeresa
Picture shows a bottle of Venezuelan rum called Santa Teresa.
June 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I have a feeling this will come out the same colour it goes in. #PaleAle #conkergin
Picture of a pint of pale ale beer
June 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Patrick Blower @blowercartoons @Telegraph on #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #ceasefire #Putin – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Picture of European leaders and Ukraine leader, looking across battlefield, saying 'Cease...'. The other side is Russian army, with the word 'Fire'.
May 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Makes two of us!

Most read is... 😆
April 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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@d0x.bsky.social this is what you need. Neutral colours too, one size fits all.
Image of a catheter bag
April 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Today is the day. #budgeysmugglers
Picture of Ray Winstone in yellow budget smugglers
April 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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History repeating it self in plain site. So relevant in today's geopolitical world.
Picture of a cartoon depiction of a female teacher, asking pupils "Bottom line: pay attention in this class and you won't be as easily fooled as your parents are". With the words on a blackboard saying "History 101".
March 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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A misty morning picture from earlier in the week. Spring is definitely on its way, thankfully. #TFIF
Picture of a foggy morning with a view of a slow moving river, with the early morning sun breaking in the background.
March 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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I was bought a 'Baby Guinness' today. Hmmm, the jury is out. Not my thing, more liquor shot.
February 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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My valentine's dinner went well, actually. #valentines day
February 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Oh, how I missed you. #Guinness it's been a while.
Picture of a pint glass, 570 millimeters, of pure dark gold.
February 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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The joys of replacing dimmer switches.

I learnt today the difference between trailing edge and dummy modules.

In my haste I've bought and fitted one with two trailing edge type modules, when one of the sets of lights are not meant for dimmer switches, (trailing edge type). 🤬🤦 #DIY #electrics
Picture of electrical wiring of a dimmer switch, one is a dummy module the other is a leading edge module.
February 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Time to change my search engine. Shameful leadership from Google. #google #internationlaw
Screenshot of Google twitter feed where they confirmed they are going to change their maps to align with what Trump said about changing the name of 'Gulf of Mexico', to Gulf of America'.
January 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Perfect depiction of the last government and now this new government's idiotic position. #eu #arrogant #ukgov c/o Martin Rowson @theguardian.com
Cartoon of a ship in very dangerous waters, in a storm on its own. It represents the UK after it left the EU and it's suggested arrogance. A caption reads: "Tell me why there's no gun up in the sky..." And a response "actually we're uniquely positioned to weather this all on our own without anyone's help actually thank you very much..." Which is basically the last government and this new government's idiotic position.
January 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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3 weeks in using our new all electric vehicle. Very, very quiet, and a smooth ride for our largely local driving needs. Very much an evolution from the previous Diesel variant we had, that served us well for 5 years. #motability #electricvehicles
Image of grey Vauxhall Vivario people carrier, all electric vehicle.
January 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM