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Andy Gardiner

@andygardiner.bsky.social

Neo-Northumbrian. Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline. Harmonist. Bad guitarist. Midnight Baker. Hill walker. Cricket lover. Company grower. Bird noticer. Wine hoarder. Shameless with my bonhomie.

created October 18, 2023

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Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

But I *did* wear steel grey to my wedding!

1/9/2025, 1:13:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Maffs, please.

31/8/2025, 9:34:44 PM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

There must be an accent…

31/8/2025, 9:25:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😉🏖️

31/8/2025, 8:50:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Good luck! Au contraire, I work with a lot of Danes, who all disappeared for several weeks over the summer and are now back and busy. I’m off fie two weeks in France on Wednesday. 😀

31/8/2025, 8:45:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

That Canaletto was some painter...

29/8/2025, 2:57:10 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you!

29/8/2025, 2:38:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

Does anyone have any restaurant recommendations in or around Bordeaux?

29/8/2025, 11:11:45 AM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Works. Thanks.

29/8/2025, 11:11:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

I get the same

29/8/2025, 11:08:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

Waiting for take away pizza.

Bloody big glass of red
27/8/2025, 7:19:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

Waiting for take away pizza.

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27/8/2025, 7:19:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Bravo!

27/8/2025, 7:16:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Take away pizza. Booze. Been a long and stressful day.

27/8/2025, 6:39:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alexander Clarkson (@aphclarkson.bsky.social) reposted

The Labour Party is led by people who are convinced that their massive parliamentary majority was given to them by the wrong kinds of voters

27/8/2025, 5:07:14 PM | 478 112 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture James Oswald (@sirbenfro.bsky.social) reposted

If you have an emergency phone you don't want someone to find out about, please be aware that this is happening soon.

26/8/2025, 9:11:56 AM | 194 284 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

You should carry an orchestra with you for retaliatory purposes.

24/8/2025, 11:01:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Says Lev, who has been known to turn a symphony orchestra up to 11.

24/8/2025, 9:07:06 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

🙄 You can always tell a Yorkshireman…

20/8/2025, 10:21:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Yorkshire exceptionalism yet again.

20/8/2025, 9:39:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

What!? Joy lived in Wooler?

17/8/2025, 10:06:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Forever Young Lady Marmalade This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us. 🤷🏼‍♂️

17/8/2025, 9:41:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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16/8/2025, 10:56:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Well then I salute your fatigability.

15/8/2025, 2:01:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability, and I want you to know that we are with you.

15/8/2025, 9:47:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Why not? It’s the nearly-weekend.

14/8/2025, 10:10:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Shrinking Blue Jeans Trex Simon and Garfunkels

13/8/2025, 7:40:43 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

AFC Bournemouth, innit?

12/8/2025, 9:05:04 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

No word ever put more work into a sentence than this ‘somehow’.

Matt Van Swol @matt_vanswol I am now fully convinced, like never before, that if President Trump somehow cured cancer... ...that Democrats would protest in favor of cancer in the streets.
12/8/2025, 8:24:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Hoping it’s going to be cooler round Bordeaux in mid-September.

12/8/2025, 5:29:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Triple!

10/8/2025, 10:06:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

Yeah. Me too. So?

8/8/2025, 9:07:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Chicken soup

8/8/2025, 8:38:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture timoconnorbl.bsky.social (@timoconnorbl.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Very few wars have been for for a better cause, very few against a worse, than the US Civil War and the only kindness of memory the Confederacy deserves is the oblivion of damnatio memoriae TL:DR -

7/8/2025, 8:41:46 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

I will have STAIRCASES!

6/8/2025, 6:22:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Ah. I thought it was an insider’s affectionate nickname.

5/8/2025, 9:28:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

My wife worked on it and tells me it’s great.

5/8/2025, 9:21:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

If they equal the scores - so win the series - does Woakes retire hurt for a tie?

4/8/2025, 10:56:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

🤷🏼‍♂️

3/8/2025, 6:27:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Though I’m much better at *drinking* than *tasting*.

3/8/2025, 6:25:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Highly recommend. Great fun.

3/8/2025, 6:24:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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⚫️OK

3/8/2025, 5:56:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Will* save you some *Won’t

3/8/2025, 5:54:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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3/8/2025, 5:53:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

84% on winviz is mad!

3/8/2025, 4:37:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

That said, it looks pitch black in some shots.

3/8/2025, 4:33:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

Cricket shooting itself in both feet again.

3/8/2025, 4:32:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s in whites.

3/8/2025, 4:27:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😮‍💨 #thecricket

3/8/2025, 4:07:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

🥹

3/8/2025, 3:52:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Duck breast, roast potatoes. But first a Wine Society tasting kit. 😁

3/8/2025, 3:47:42 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Something in my eye then.

3/8/2025, 3:46:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

It might not be very summery but it’s still glass-of-red-and-a-small-Havana-after-barbecued-ribeye-in-the-garden season.

1/8/2025, 8:25:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

…one for the teenagers.

1/8/2025, 8:22:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Harry Pilling

1/8/2025, 8:22:13 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Gruff, obviously.

1/8/2025, 7:35:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

£130 for Berwick in the Lowland league.

28/7/2025, 10:16:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

Genius!

27/7/2025, 10:14:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah. Not that London. The other one. Goes to a different school.

27/7/2025, 8:37:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dr Jane Park 🎻🏳️‍⚧️ (@viola-jane.bsky.social) reposted

Absolutely marvellous performance: worthy winners again! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽ Tonight, my 6y/o son said he wants to be a footballer. He feels he has a lot to learn; happily, he can. When I was small, Italia 90 lit my dream. But as a girl, there was no way to play. Now, there is 🤩 Thank you, inspiring Lionesses!

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27/7/2025, 8:31:15 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

No idea. But Chloe Kelly won again by being the only player who seemed excited to see her.

27/7/2025, 7:39:34 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

‘It’s safe! I’ve turned off Bob Dylan.’

27/7/2025, 6:32:13 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Say what you will about snobbery and refusal to move with the times at Lord’s, they’ve got this bang on.

27/7/2025, 3:45:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

Final leg of today’s top class sporting trifecta: Lions test, England v India, Shielfield Park for Berwick Rangers v Cowdenbeath (the Blue Brazil)

Shielfield Park, home of Berwick Rangers. The Gers are attacking against Cowdenbeath.
26/7/2025, 3:00:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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WOW! #Lions

26/7/2025, 11:50:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

My son was always delighted when I brought him home some Plopps.

26/7/2025, 9:58:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture sianushka.bsky.social (@sianushka.bsky.social) reposted

When I did a story on conditions in migrant hotels, there was a woman who would have to wash the spicy sauce off the pasta - in the sink - because there was no meal suitable for her toddler. She felt like a bad mum who couldn’t feed her own child

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Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Hey, I saw Colin Cowdrey play. Though I can’t honestly say I remember his cover drive.

26/7/2025, 7:00:52 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Gower.

26/7/2025, 6:55:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Never less than unoriginal.

25/7/2025, 9:38:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Madam, please step away from the fish pond.

25/7/2025, 9:10:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

No other solution: another G&T

25/7/2025, 9:07:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Or an evil landlord.

25/7/2025, 9:03:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

Here come the rooks*. Heading home to the rookery after a hard day’s rooking. *and a few jackdaws

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25/7/2025, 8:26:00 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm choosing to imagine that this was just a passing encounter in the street.

24/7/2025, 4:26:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sam Freedman (@samfr.bsky.social) reposted

Is Michelle Agyemang English? Is Ian Wright English? Yes they're fucking English. The loser racists can all fuck off.

22/7/2025, 9:50:36 PM | 765 123 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Wasn’t it great?!

22/7/2025, 9:13:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

Blimey! #thefootball

22/7/2025, 8:53:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

Well, we got the chimney swept and a massive crate of logs delivered today. So, blow wind and crack your cheeks.

21/7/2025, 9:18:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

*Likes twice*

21/7/2025, 9:14:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

In performance, sure. Composition, not close.

21/7/2025, 4:23:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Why would you not..?

19/7/2025, 7:06:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Might not be my top choice but I love barbecuing in the rain.

19/7/2025, 6:48:45 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

10 miles away, in the hills. And not hit here yet. Any minute now.

18/7/2025, 4:05:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Just so. 'Oh, almost to Hadrian's Wall.' No, that's more than an hour away, to the SOUTH.

18/7/2025, 3:45:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Also, in my experience, many people (based on conversations before and since we moved here from London) don't really know where it is. 'Somewhere near Yorkshire?'

18/7/2025, 3:22:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

It is. Keep it under your hat!

View north from Homildon Hill, Northumberland
18/7/2025, 3:19:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Shhh, Lev.

14/7/2025, 2:58:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Surely time to get Duckett under Siraj's visor and up his nose. #thecricket

14/7/2025, 2:58:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

OK. Happy now?

14/7/2025, 2:56:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Hugerer

14/7/2025, 2:30:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Get in!

14/7/2025, 11:58:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Normally bothered by lack of cricket content on this site. Today it’s about 80% of my feed. Splendid.

14/7/2025, 10:46:01 AM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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🤷🏼‍♂️

14/7/2025, 10:44:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Huger

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Sycamore Rigby

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Profile picture Rick Burin (@rickburin.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

CURRENT BAZBALL STATUS: did you ever doubt it 🥰

14/7/2025, 10:35:40 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social) reply parent

Huge,Lev. Huge.

14/7/2025, 10:36:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy Gardiner (@andygardiner.bsky.social)

At least.

14/7/2025, 10:24:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Anyone manage to lipread Archer’s comment to Pant? Sure he was just wishing him a speedy recovery from the finger injury. #thecricket

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