🚲 The new cycle lane at the side of my house is great for teaching Lyle how to ride safely. It’s also lovely to hear the kids at St Anne’s school using it as part of their Bikeability course.

🥇 Lyle totally forgot to tell us he’d got his Gold Award at school yesterday. We found it in his bag when looking for his homework! 🍨So we went to Sweet Diner for a congratulatory celebration 🎉

Indie Retro News: Jet Set Willy - Willy finally arrives on the Commodore VIC-20! www.indieretronews.com/2026/07/jet-... #retrogaming #gaming #games

And now another Speccy port for the #VIC20 Sabre Wulf. Just shows what was actually possible with that good old 1980 Commodore “wonder computer” (with the help of dedicated retro coders and an extra 35k expansion we could only ever have dreamed of!)

🥶Freeze fares for everyone and deliver free travel for 11-18s ⏰Free travel for older residents and disabled people all day, not just after 9:30 🚌Expand the Bee Network with more buses and trams - and trains in public control 🚗A new potholes fund to protect your tyres 🚏Next stop: a better GM!

OMG - outed!

It was great to drop by to see RNID’s fantastic work in action in Parliament yesterday. I was even lucky enough to get an ear wax and hearing check in the Hear for Norfolk mobile clinic (which I passed 🥰🎉). 🧵(1/2)

⛳️ Have you ever tried to play mini-golf with a hyperactive Lyle and a puppy? Let’s just put it down to experience. It was “fun”! 😵‍💫 🍽️ Then an epic Sunday lunch: woodchip smoked lamb, homemade focaccia and tabbouleh, followed by pecan pie & ice cream. Ta Allison. ❤️

Rod Hull Betaplays: Dr Posilo - Super smooth platformer coming soon to the Commodore VIC20 #Noice www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZn8... #RetroGaming #Retrocomputing #8bit #VIC20 #Commodore #commodorevic20

Nintari features added #VIC20

🥣 An enjoyable breakfast in the garden. It’s much cooler today than it has been in recent days, just 24 degrees. The best bit of my breakfast? The first of our homegrown raspberries to be picked and eaten!! Happy Saturday, and to those attending events today, Happy Armed Forces Day 🇬🇧

✝️ A delight to attend the licensing of a new priest covering ‘the plurality’ of St Lawrence Church, Christ Church & St George, Denton. The service was at St Lawrence’s, a timber-framed church dating to 1531. Congrats to Rev. Helen Scanlan I nearly didn’t go. My anxiety levels are sky high today.

🗳️ What a politically tumultuous day. I’m 52, there have been 12 Prime Ministers in my lifetime & 7 of those will have been just in the last decade. I’m wishing my friend Andy Burnham well if he becomes number 13 as is looking likely! Here’s my thoughts on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/theand...

❤️ Happy Father’s Day - I’ve tidied my dad’s grave up with a bit of help from Lyle. I miss him loads. I’m also a dad to James, Will & Maisie, three brilliant young adults with bright futures ahead. As a special guardian to my grandson Lyle, I’m blessed to be a ‘Dad’ to him too.

☀️ Lovely day where I’ve been able to relax while Lyle and Violet plays in the garden. Lyle’s flower has bloomed 🌺 🍦We’ve had ice cream & Allison’s made pizzas I’ve had very little energy today - exhaustion is debilitating - so Allison has had to do the garden. I was accused of “supervising”. 😂😬😂

🗳️ An incredible win for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election. It shows what’s possible when Labour comes together with a message of hope. Proud to have been in his Shadow Health team in Parliament & to co-chair his Mayoral selection and election campaigns, and I’m proud to call him a friend👏🏻

💬 Strange to be back in Westminster but delighted to be asked by PLMR to be part of a“Chatham House” panel on the subject of: Starmer, Streeting & Burnham: Personality, Power & Leadership. Having worked with all in different roles I hopefully gave some meaningful insights and the odd anecdote.

Jet Set Willy finally coming to unexpanded VIC-20 (disk drive required) - work-in-progress by VIC-20 scientist Steve McCrea (Kweepa), original of course by the great Matthew Smith 🎩

😔 Bad couple of days healthwise but I’ve been cuddled up in bed with my mate Violet, and at least we’ve had a bit of sunshine to enjoy the garden today. 🚊 Off to That London tomorrow to speak at an event. It’ll seem very strange (hopefully not too triggering) to be near my old stomping ground. 😱

🧱 Just completed the Lego Star Wars Yoda that Maisie and Aaron bought me for my birthday. Violet is clearly a Star Wars hound (well she does have Yoda’s ears) 🐕

🚘 A trip to Gloucester… so Maisie could meet Violet who got treated to a Pupaccino at Costa 🐕 💤 Lyle fell asleep on the way home. I’ve a feeling I’ll be good for nothing tomorrow as I’ve over exerted myself, but it was lovely to see my Pippy x

🤒 The thing about ill health is you have good days and bad days - and some days it’s a mix. 💊 Today’s one of those days. The heavy meds I’m on means I wake up around 11am but I felt good so did some light gardening. But that’s it and I’m worn out at 4pm and in bed, with a puppy to snuggle 💤

👶🏼 6.30pm on Tuesday 4th June 1974 at St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester, a baby Andrew appeared. Here I am 52 years later, retired and with greying hair spending it with close family - and especially my best mate, grandson, Lyle. 🍔 We’ve had a Burgerism (Lyle’s choice) and a yummy birthday cake 🎂

🎂 Happy 29th birthday to number one son James… 2nd June 1997 seems just an eye blink ago. 🎉 📸 I’ve been rummaging through some proper old-skool photographs of James between 2 and 7. Enjoy!

🐕 She might be small, but she’s ALL dog! Violet playing with a flower head (which she bit off) on the lawn. 💕

#Gravzronox youtu.be/HAOGoAlSD6Q

After a week in bed feeling poorly, (but with a baby chi to keep me company) I managed to get up and dressed for Sunday dinner today. And what an epic one it was. Roast beef. Can’t beat it. ❤️

👑 Well my time being a Crown Steward and Bailif of one of His Majesty’s Manors has come to an end… there’s still no Manor House. 🏰

🐕 Meet Violet, the newest mini-Gwynnie 🐶 #chihuahua

🗳️ Done my bit for Maisie with her proxy vote. That’s another one in the box ✖️ #LocalElections

Bad square dude added Now our hero can die! #VIC20

🪐 May the Fourth be with you… here’s my next Lego project: Venator Class Republic Attack Cruiser (only 5,374 pieces). It’s no.1 son’s but he lost patience with it when bits broke off. Should be “fun” given lots of the bricks are now unsorted. 😱 Cheers and Happy #StarWarsDay

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗦𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲’𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝟴𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝗱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 In life, my dad always celebrated St George’s Day - not just because he was a proud Englishman, but because it was also his birthday. In death we do the same. Red roses and two small St George’s flags on his grave. 🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Happy birthday dad xxx 🎂

🚢 I was bedridden with Norovirus earlier in the week, and then felt drained for the rest of it. Today is the first day I’ve got up… so finally got Titanic finished ✔️

☀️A lovely sunny day to take Lyle to Dunham Massey for their Easter Egg hunt (and for us to enjoy the stunning gardens and grounds along the way). Dunham is definitely a #HappyPlace

✝️ Hot Cross Buns, fish for tea, and a solemn remembrance of Christ’s trial, torture and ultimate sacrifice on the cross. 🐟 And then Minecraft Lego fun with Lyle…

☀️ The sun has returned so I’ve managed to get a bit of gardening in. The first flourish of Spring is dying back with new plants budding… #GardeningWithGwynne #happyandrew

🌸 Lovely to see the first set of cherry trees on St Anne’s Road blossoming. The council planted a different cherry species in between these trees so once one lot of blossom is over, we get another bloom 🌳 #Spring #blossom

Louise Casey: England’s social care system faces ‘moment of reckoning’

And my little Vic 20 homage, running in bitmap mode.

So proud of my mate @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social on her appointment to the role of Public Health Minister… I know how much public health means to her and she will rock it in this job (which like me, she Shadowed in Opposition). Best of luck 👏🏻

☀️ The sun is out so I’ve cut the lawn, weeded, trimmed the bushes and now I’m having a rest. Can’t do as much as I could used to in one go but this is great for mind and soul. And spring has sprung 🌼 🪏 #GardeningWithGwynne

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 To all my Welsh friends, and to those of us of Welsh heritage, a very Happy Saint David’s Day. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus 🌼

🌼 Spring has sprung in the Gwynne garden. I love this month when everything starts to come together life again. 🪏 “For every time there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heavens” - never a truer word. #FreshStart #NewBeginnings #GardeningWithGwynne

🗳️ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘆-𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 👇🏻

💔 26th Feb is always a difficult day for me: 32 years ago (when I was 19) my mum died from ovarian cancer. She was just 50. My Aunty Moe gave a photo as a keepsake. The wonder of AI has brought it to life for 5 secs. Miss her every day, but especially today when I could do with one extra cuddle. x

🪴 Shattered myself out (doesn’t take much these days) but I’ve given the back lawn its first cut of the season and generally tidied it up for the spring. 🌱 ☀️ Plus the sun is shining and the daffodils are out! 🌼 #GardeningWithGwynne

Rod Hull Betaplays: Gravzronox (AKA Gaviscon😉) - Misfit at his very best! New VIC20 Game coming soon! 🕹️🚀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwZg... #RetroGaming #Retrocomputing #8bit #VIC20 #Commodore #commodorevic20

📖 Woooo just got home to the latest issue of Zzap! Amiga… time to catch up on the latest for my other favourite retro computer 🕹️ #retrocomputing #Commodore #Amiga

At the OSCE PA conference in Vienna, I was proud to reiterate the UK’s support for Ukraine. I also highlighted the OSCE’s efforts to return the stolen Ukrainian children and free the three OSCE officials wrongly imprisoned in Russia.