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.
Pinned
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
Friday trivia
When my OH was younger she often go to LA for work and be mistaken for Julie Andrews
To be fair usually in dimly lit restaurants and they are also distant cousins
When my OH was younger she often go to LA for work and be mistaken for Julie Andrews
To be fair usually in dimly lit restaurants and they are also distant cousins
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Friday trivia
When my OH was younger she often go to LA for work and be mistaken for Julie Andrews
To be fair usually in dimly lit restaurants and they are also distant cousins
When my OH was younger she often go to LA for work and be mistaken for Julie Andrews
To be fair usually in dimly lit restaurants and they are also distant cousins
Raclette with black truffle cheese
Mentioned in passing
Mentioned in passing
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Raclette with black truffle cheese
Mentioned in passing
Mentioned in passing
Older man in pizza takeaway. Blue trousers, red and black striped blazer and brown fedora
Said to OH “I bet he’s English”
Man emerges and speaks English to the dog
I have certain skills
Said to OH “I bet he’s English”
Man emerges and speaks English to the dog
I have certain skills
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Older man in pizza takeaway. Blue trousers, red and black striped blazer and brown fedora
Said to OH “I bet he’s English”
Man emerges and speaks English to the dog
I have certain skills
Said to OH “I bet he’s English”
Man emerges and speaks English to the dog
I have certain skills
It’s raining
I don’t do chainsawing in the rain, well not halfway up a tree, I don’t
I don’t do chainsawing in the rain, well not halfway up a tree, I don’t
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It’s raining
I don’t do chainsawing in the rain, well not halfway up a tree, I don’t
I don’t do chainsawing in the rain, well not halfway up a tree, I don’t
Many politicians (of any party) seem OK until they become Home Secretary
Is there some sort of infectious anti liberties, anti immigration virus in the air conditioning there?
Is there some sort of infectious anti liberties, anti immigration virus in the air conditioning there?
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Many politicians (of any party) seem OK until they become Home Secretary
Is there some sort of infectious anti liberties, anti immigration virus in the air conditioning there?
Is there some sort of infectious anti liberties, anti immigration virus in the air conditioning there?
Went to motor parts shop, correctly named and ordered a petrol filler cap, collected and paid for said piece which was exactly the right bit
All in French
That’s C2 level isn’t it
All in French
That’s C2 level isn’t it
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Went to motor parts shop, correctly named and ordered a petrol filler cap, collected and paid for said piece which was exactly the right bit
All in French
That’s C2 level isn’t it
All in French
That’s C2 level isn’t it
When I was 18 my mum gave me her cousin’s 1963 Mini Traveller (not the mock Tudor one) as students needed mobility and she could pull the moral « why don’t you drive me » card
Like the Friday afternoon she asked me to drive to Kent via Marble Arch, Victoria and the old Kent road
Like the Friday afternoon she asked me to drive to Kent via Marble Arch, Victoria and the old Kent road
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
When I was 18 my mum gave me her cousin’s 1963 Mini Traveller (not the mock Tudor one) as students needed mobility and she could pull the moral « why don’t you drive me » card
Like the Friday afternoon she asked me to drive to Kent via Marble Arch, Victoria and the old Kent road
Like the Friday afternoon she asked me to drive to Kent via Marble Arch, Victoria and the old Kent road
Rang garage. They are still waiting for the part to repair my car. Maybe next week
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rang garage. They are still waiting for the part to repair my car. Maybe next week
Driving into town to do a bit of shopping
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Driving into town to do a bit of shopping
It seems the big poppy is having babies
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It seems the big poppy is having babies
Blue goats cheese and stollen bites.
Well I just did
Well I just did
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Blue goats cheese and stollen bites.
Well I just did
Well I just did
OH gets wrong end of stick in French lesson about hairstyle names
Queue de cheval is not the same as Le cul du cheval
Queue de cheval is not the same as Le cul du cheval
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
OH gets wrong end of stick in French lesson about hairstyle names
Queue de cheval is not the same as Le cul du cheval
Queue de cheval is not the same as Le cul du cheval
Armistice ceremony in the village followed by a drink with the mayor.
I do wish he didn’t mention me in his address as “friends from across the channel”
Also I must not accept the glass of fizz as it is exceptionally sweet. But that is the way at these events
I do wish he didn’t mention me in his address as “friends from across the channel”
Also I must not accept the glass of fizz as it is exceptionally sweet. But that is the way at these events
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Armistice ceremony in the village followed by a drink with the mayor.
I do wish he didn’t mention me in his address as “friends from across the channel”
Also I must not accept the glass of fizz as it is exceptionally sweet. But that is the way at these events
I do wish he didn’t mention me in his address as “friends from across the channel”
Also I must not accept the glass of fizz as it is exceptionally sweet. But that is the way at these events
Oppps
Just binged watched Slow Horses with a break for Only Connect
Just binged watched Slow Horses with a break for Only Connect
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Oppps
Just binged watched Slow Horses with a break for Only Connect
Just binged watched Slow Horses with a break for Only Connect
OH had a medical appointment in Poitiers this morning so swung by nearby St Benoit and its small food market.
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
OH had a medical appointment in Poitiers this morning so swung by nearby St Benoit and its small food market.
Cherry and Mint After Eights
WTAF?
The world is ending
WTAF?
The world is ending
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Cherry and Mint After Eights
WTAF?
The world is ending
WTAF?
The world is ending
Local bar resto has a special menu for the France South Africa rugby match
Rougail saucisse
Rougail saucisse
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Local bar resto has a special menu for the France South Africa rugby match
Rougail saucisse
Rougail saucisse
Woohoo
Devis for car repair has arrived
Hopefully I can train down to Bordeaux next week to collect the car
But this France, anything can happen
Devis for car repair has arrived
Hopefully I can train down to Bordeaux next week to collect the car
But this France, anything can happen
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Woohoo
Devis for car repair has arrived
Hopefully I can train down to Bordeaux next week to collect the car
But this France, anything can happen
Devis for car repair has arrived
Hopefully I can train down to Bordeaux next week to collect the car
But this France, anything can happen
Yesterday it was a family of wild boar by my house today a family of roe deer
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Yesterday it was a family of wild boar by my house today a family of roe deer
The remorseful dog occupies the wrong sofa. She has two sofas in that room
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The remorseful dog occupies the wrong sofa. She has two sofas in that room
When you tie a knot in the antipodes anniversaries stretch a bit
My 5 November fireworks started on what may be to Europeans the 4
My 5 November fireworks started on what may be to Europeans the 4
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When you tie a knot in the antipodes anniversaries stretch a bit
My 5 November fireworks started on what may be to Europeans the 4
My 5 November fireworks started on what may be to Europeans the 4
Sanglier family crossing the road from the wood to field next to my house
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Sanglier family crossing the road from the wood to field next to my house
No fibre install today
It seems the telco neglected to ask my neighbours if they minded three telephone poles be put in outside their house. Seems they did
Now waiting a month or two for a trench to be dug to install ductwork
It seems the telco neglected to ask my neighbours if they minded three telephone poles be put in outside their house. Seems they did
Now waiting a month or two for a trench to be dug to install ductwork
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
No fibre install today
It seems the telco neglected to ask my neighbours if they minded three telephone poles be put in outside their house. Seems they did
Now waiting a month or two for a trench to be dug to install ductwork
It seems the telco neglected to ask my neighbours if they minded three telephone poles be put in outside their house. Seems they did
Now waiting a month or two for a trench to be dug to install ductwork