Peter Scott
@dwpete.bsky.social
Former herder of information and global fixer of broken stuff
Living legally in France with my kiwi wife. Don’t call me an expat, I’m a Brexit refugee.
Nuclear chemist, copy writer, provider of nuts to Secret Squirrels.
Living legally in France with my kiwi wife. Don’t call me an expat, I’m a Brexit refugee.
Nuclear chemist, copy writer, provider of nuts to Secret Squirrels.
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Peter Scott
@dwpete.bsky.social
· Jun 13
A small pinned biography - more will be threaded as my muse dictates.
1) here's me as a toddler standing on the steps of my childhood home.
Well actually a college building where my parents lived and worked. It was a different kind of childhood being raised on campus
1) here's me as a toddler standing on the steps of my childhood home.
Well actually a college building where my parents lived and worked. It was a different kind of childhood being raised on campus
Why I don’t do LinkedIn anymore
February 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Why I don’t do LinkedIn anymore
French English brunch prepared as birthday treat for OH
Poitrine tranchée fines fumée, boudin noir, œufs au plat, hash brown potatoes and a muffin
Hogget shoulder slow roasting for later
Poitrine tranchée fines fumée, boudin noir, œufs au plat, hash brown potatoes and a muffin
Hogget shoulder slow roasting for later
February 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
French English brunch prepared as birthday treat for OH
Poitrine tranchée fines fumée, boudin noir, œufs au plat, hash brown potatoes and a muffin
Hogget shoulder slow roasting for later
Poitrine tranchée fines fumée, boudin noir, œufs au plat, hash brown potatoes and a muffin
Hogget shoulder slow roasting for later
No cake this year as we podge up. However I did spend day fixing the tap on her bidet present
January 31, 2026 at 4:26 PM
No cake this year as we podge up. However I did spend day fixing the tap on her bidet present
The day I told my OH I was too busy to go to lunch with her nieces
Building a special birthday cake for her February birthday
Building a special birthday cake for her February birthday
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The day I told my OH I was too busy to go to lunch with her nieces
Building a special birthday cake for her February birthday
Building a special birthday cake for her February birthday
Go to my bank website to look at mortgages and bridging finance for a project to move to a town.
Twelve web pages later filling in all sorts of detail get told that we need to speak to an advisor
Look at 3 other French banks - there is an online slidey calculator telling us what we want to know
Twelve web pages later filling in all sorts of detail get told that we need to speak to an advisor
Look at 3 other French banks - there is an online slidey calculator telling us what we want to know
January 31, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Go to my bank website to look at mortgages and bridging finance for a project to move to a town.
Twelve web pages later filling in all sorts of detail get told that we need to speak to an advisor
Look at 3 other French banks - there is an online slidey calculator telling us what we want to know
Twelve web pages later filling in all sorts of detail get told that we need to speak to an advisor
Look at 3 other French banks - there is an online slidey calculator telling us what we want to know
Either the dog’s snoring or there’s a humpback whale on the sofa
January 30, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Either the dog’s snoring or there’s a humpback whale on the sofa
Just remembered my History of Art module in my chemistry degree (I think they wanted scientists to appear cultured) had a trip to the V&A to look at pre-Raphaelite art. Inevitably we snuck into the science museum
Actually we did study the paintings too
Actually we did study the paintings too
January 30, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Just remembered my History of Art module in my chemistry degree (I think they wanted scientists to appear cultured) had a trip to the V&A to look at pre-Raphaelite art. Inevitably we snuck into the science museum
Actually we did study the paintings too
Actually we did study the paintings too
Friday
OH out for coffee / lunch with friends then the dentist to look at broken tooth (well not the missing bit)
Me: waiting for fosse designer to look at warranty fault. Then off to card shop for a birthday card from the dog to OH. Plus the brico, there’s always a brico
OH out for coffee / lunch with friends then the dentist to look at broken tooth (well not the missing bit)
Me: waiting for fosse designer to look at warranty fault. Then off to card shop for a birthday card from the dog to OH. Plus the brico, there’s always a brico
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Friday
OH out for coffee / lunch with friends then the dentist to look at broken tooth (well not the missing bit)
Me: waiting for fosse designer to look at warranty fault. Then off to card shop for a birthday card from the dog to OH. Plus the brico, there’s always a brico
OH out for coffee / lunch with friends then the dentist to look at broken tooth (well not the missing bit)
Me: waiting for fosse designer to look at warranty fault. Then off to card shop for a birthday card from the dog to OH. Plus the brico, there’s always a brico
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1 History of Art
2 Genetics
3 Microbiology
4 Physics
5 Computer programming
All on the side of my chemistry degree
1 History of Art
2 Genetics
3 Microbiology
4 Physics
5 Computer programming
All on the side of my chemistry degree
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Protein folding
2. Bacterial genetics
3. Statistics for biologists
4. Medical virology
5. Parasitology
1. Protein folding
2. Bacterial genetics
3. Statistics for biologists
4. Medical virology
5. Parasitology
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1) principles of animation
2) fashion & textiles
3) advanced fine art practice
4) form & purpose
5) building a vocabulary
1) principles of animation
2) fashion & textiles
3) advanced fine art practice
4) form & purpose
5) building a vocabulary
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1 History of Art
2 Genetics
3 Microbiology
4 Physics
5 Computer programming
All on the side of my chemistry degree
1 History of Art
2 Genetics
3 Microbiology
4 Physics
5 Computer programming
All on the side of my chemistry degree
Random French timeline cleanse
January 29, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Random French timeline cleanse
Back to back assignments
Iceland, Denver, Athens, San Francisco
So glad I don’t get out much these days
Iceland, Denver, Athens, San Francisco
So glad I don’t get out much these days
January 28, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Back to back assignments
Iceland, Denver, Athens, San Francisco
So glad I don’t get out much these days
Iceland, Denver, Athens, San Francisco
So glad I don’t get out much these days
Man upstairs is fitting a bidet in the bathroom. Only a 4 year wait to find someone who wanted to the work
As OH has an anniversary on Sunday this will be my bidet present to her
As OH has an anniversary on Sunday this will be my bidet present to her
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Man upstairs is fitting a bidet in the bathroom. Only a 4 year wait to find someone who wanted to the work
As OH has an anniversary on Sunday this will be my bidet present to her
As OH has an anniversary on Sunday this will be my bidet present to her
Also, DWP why do you say get information from their TWITTER account, not exactly timely and not the right channel for communication in these days
January 26, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Also, DWP why do you say get information from their TWITTER account, not exactly timely and not the right channel for communication in these days
Ringing DWP to change they pay my pension
It seems that my pension is sent to USA for processing before going to France
I’ve never been happy with that
It seems that my pension is sent to USA for processing before going to France
I’ve never been happy with that
January 26, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Ringing DWP to change they pay my pension
It seems that my pension is sent to USA for processing before going to France
I’ve never been happy with that
It seems that my pension is sent to USA for processing before going to France
I’ve never been happy with that
I wonder if on hold music avoids royalties by being played on an ice cream van loudspeaker immersed in 6 metres of water
January 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I wonder if on hold music avoids royalties by being played on an ice cream van loudspeaker immersed in 6 metres of water
Burns Night
Do I:
A drink an aged single malt
B singe the hairs on the back of my hand with the log burner
?
Do I:
A drink an aged single malt
B singe the hairs on the back of my hand with the log burner
?
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Burns Night
Do I:
A drink an aged single malt
B singe the hairs on the back of my hand with the log burner
?
Do I:
A drink an aged single malt
B singe the hairs on the back of my hand with the log burner
?
Of all the countries I visited only Portugal, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Singapore and Australia were solely as a tourist, the others involved work on at least one visit
January 25, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Of all the countries I visited only Portugal, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Singapore and Australia were solely as a tourist, the others involved work on at least one visit
In November Orange were going to install our fibre internet but our neighbour objected to the 3 telephone poles that needed to be installed in front of her property. She proposed a 250 meter trench. This hasn’t happened and Orange has cancelled our connection
Ho-hum.
Ho-hum.
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM
In November Orange were going to install our fibre internet but our neighbour objected to the 3 telephone poles that needed to be installed in front of her property. She proposed a 250 meter trench. This hasn’t happened and Orange has cancelled our connection
Ho-hum.
Ho-hum.
Sarlat almost 10 years apart. High summer and cool winter
January 24, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Sarlat almost 10 years apart. High summer and cool winter
Dog sunbathing in. Dordogne gîte
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Dog sunbathing in. Dordogne gîte
Those days when you confuse Isle of Sodor with Mordor
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Those days when you confuse Isle of Sodor with Mordor
Yesterday’s tour to enlighten kiwi travelers
Saint-Cyprien. Soriac en Périgord, Belvès and Monpazier
Saint-Cyprien. Soriac en Périgord, Belvès and Monpazier
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Yesterday’s tour to enlighten kiwi travelers
Saint-Cyprien. Soriac en Périgord, Belvès and Monpazier
Saint-Cyprien. Soriac en Périgord, Belvès and Monpazier