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Andy Bell

@cretanrunner.bsky.social

Gardening, ukulele, photography, bird watching, flying my drone, addicted to Wordle (UK & Fr) We must rejoin EU. First FOM, then CU, then SM. Where are my friends from X? Very proEU. #FBPE. Fast approaching 80 yo; what more shit can happen in my lifetime?

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Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1497 2/6
โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

Yesterday's starter word (which I use alternately with today's starter word) is today's answer.

14.02.2026 09:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Monaco is being #colonised by #immigrants.

12.02.2026 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As are Blue tits:

12.02.2026 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As are Blue tits:

12.02.2026 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having waited impatiently for the Epstein files, we are now waiting for the Mandelson files.

04.02.2026 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Given that Mr Mountbatten Windsor lost all his titles (and quite rightly, too) then "Lord" Mandelson should also lose his.

02.02.2026 09:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Connections
Puzzle #966
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
I have no idea what BANGER, BOP, HEATER and JAM are, or why they are in a category ANTHEM.
(BANGER is an old car, which may have a HEATER, and may be stuck in a traffic JAM. But BOP?)

01.02.2026 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I shall now no longer be a slave to Wordle. May try one occasionally, but won't post my result. Farewell fellow wordlers. My journey is over.

19.01.2026 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So Trump is now President of the US, Venezuela, and Gaza, and is President-elect of Greenland. What mental capacity that man must have.

17.01.2026 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are not enjoying watching it.

14.01.2026 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,670 5/6
โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1466 6/6
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ
โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Connections
Puzzle #948
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸชA 4๏ธโƒฃ streak!

Consider signing this:
38d.gs/_oa5

Suddenly lots of celebs are losing lots of weight! Must be some good diets ๐Ÿ˜

14.01.2026 11:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,669 5/6
โฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉNot a word I have ever written.
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1465 5/6
๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉNothing to boast about.
Connections
Puzzle #947
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆMy streak reaches 3! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

Release the files (you know which ones).

13.01.2026 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember the time when offices didn't have computers.

13.01.2026 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But after they have invaded the whole world, the moon, and mars... the will have to release the Epstein files.

13.01.2026 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,668 2/6
โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉYahoo!
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1464 5/6
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉBetter than 6
Connections
Puzzle #946
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจI now have a streak of 2. My best ever!

There seem to be suggestions that Trump is in trouble. Unfortunately he doesn't seem to be any weaker.

12.01.2026 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yesterday and today were unusually easy, so I now have my highest ever Connections streak: 2!

12.01.2026 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,667 6/6
๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1463 5/6
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Connections
Puzzle #945
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉEasy today.

Maybe large demonstrations will have some effect.

11.01.2026 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

... or frequently appear on BBC TV programmes?

11.01.2026 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"... got out of our car" suggests a drive rather than a walk!๐Ÿ˜

05.01.2026 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,659 4/6
๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1455 4/6
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Connections
Puzzle #937
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆSuccess! (but no understanding of why).

Trump appears unstoppable.

03.01.2026 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,657 6/6
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉOuf!
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1453 ๐Ÿ’€/6
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉOh Dear.
Connections
Puzzle #935
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆOh Dear

Not a very promising start to 2026.

HNY to wordlers, gardeners, birders and all.

01.01.2026 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy NY.

01.01.2026 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,656 3/6
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
2025 ending well...
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1452 3/6
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸจโฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
...very well indeed.

Connections
Puzzle #934
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฉ
2025 ending like most of the year.

Something must be done about Gaza.

31.12.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,654 4/6
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1450 4/6
โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
You don't need to see my Connections result today.

Putin's playing Trump, Trump's playing Zelenski, and by the look of him Zelenski (justifiably) is getting more and more pissed off with them both.

29.12.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wishing you a Happy New Year (in case I forget in the next 2 days).

29.12.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,653 5/6
โฌœ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉโฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1449 6/6
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉOuf!
Connections
Puzzle #931
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸชAn unusual success.

Waiting to find out how the Trump/Zelenski meeting goes.

28.12.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,652 3/6
๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœโฌœโฌœ
โฌœโฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1448 4/6
โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›
โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจโฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Won't be showing my Connections results.

My New Years Resolution this year is to read more. I shall be turning on the TV sub-titles.

27.12.2025 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,650 4/6
๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจโฌœ
๐ŸŸจโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1446 6/6
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
โฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉOuf
Connections
Puzzle #928
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฆUsual performance.

Merry Christmas to my fellow Wordlers, Gardeners and Bird Watchers.

25.12.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Morecambe Bay:

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