Andy Gates

@andygates.bsky.social

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Grizzled sysadmin, factory refurbished. He/him.

Post swim selfie with tiny goggles and salty hair.
Mussels in garlic and spicy chips.
Bom diddly bom
Running selfie round the back of the graveyard in the trees.
Weather app screenshot, 37 feels like 38.
A potted nordmann fir all brown and crispy after recent heat shock.
A big fan in the gym. Mmm, breezy.
Running selfie at Ultimate Chin Angle
Basil the road bike resting against a tree stump topped with cider.
Hydration cider at the Turf Locks
Rainbow and Trans Flag and Star Wars Rebel pins
Red bike on a little humpback bridge
Tiny red bike balancing on railings at Exeter Quay
Pink transparent cateye back in place
Strava screencap showing a zigzag descent in Exeter.
A lineup of colourful new twinto-e's, these are going to sell gangbusters.
New patch tar over the big hole I feel into last week.
Riding selfie looking heckin scraggly.
New Keen Targs for that wide toe box.
Just Stop Oil meme with a burning Emirati oil rig.
Bench with a Badger Brewery towel!
Halfway selfie
New converse in the squat cage
Deeper than it looks!
Sad drowned cars on the corner of a flooded road.
Smart car in Little Tykes toy livery.
Teignmouth pier with the end damaged by storm Ingrid.
Red aurora borealis glow behind terraced houses. Taken at midnight: 30 facing north from mid Devon, with a Pixel 7a Night Sight mode.
Onoda-kun says, "See you next ride!"
Mira, Rumi and Zoey bringing spicy happiness!
Tennis and pickleball courts
New folding cup with a fancy oat latte
Ready or Not movie poster, Grace's white dress won't stay that way for long...
Selfie with peroxide mutton chops!
Black mountain bike with yellow trailer, resting in the sunny winter countryside.
Moonlight and bike lights from a summer overnight ride
Nearly choked river flow on the Creedy
"Corporate needs you to find the differences" meme with Handsome Squidward and the helmet from Nolan's Odessey.
Still from B-Wild's HUNTR/X dance video.
New bike, old luggage. It's been over twenty years...
Hmm, that's not going to stay upright.
Glorious purple indulgence, don't mind the cobwebs.
No shoes!
Imagine this guy popping up in a play and nomming down on sinners!
Dave the Cannondale and the trusty tent, from 2011's slow-n-steady LEJOG. Get all the way away :)
Stealth no more! Lumiere et now son!
Coffee, fresh juice and a cheese scone
New Renault Twingo smiling for the camera
In-cup print of the trigger giving me the eye!
BYD Racco publicity shot, kei-smol and black and white and cute!
Bike trailer loaded with leaves, flag snapping in the wind.
Bob the Skull posing under the town sign. This stupid pun has been rattling around my brain for years!
Cycling selfie in a red jacket with autumn spaffing everywhere in the background.
Dark coppice pines framed by bright yellow maple.
Eighteen and fluffy