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Peter Scott

@dwpete.bsky.social
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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.

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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 3h
You OK with the storms @franglaise.bsky.social It looks a bit rough your way
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 11h
If you see this post a vampire that isn't Dracula
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Count Duckula's Scary Carrot Encounter
ALT: Count Duckula's Scary Carrot Encounter
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 11h
Maçon said he’d do the job in September He arrived this morning As good as his word, but only technically
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Saffy and her holiday romance
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Seals
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lunch time today a mini-eclipse as two french airforce Rafael blotted out the sun in my garden. If I still could do the maths I’d be able to calculate the speed and altitude from the duration of shadow
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For people that wanted to see the back of me Also for people who want to see cats
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Apple translate having a laugh
Screenshot of Apple Translate
English (UK) Tut
French  Produire un tss-tss de désapprobation
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How zebras work. From when I worked in Johannesburg
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1722 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wordle.louan.me Every time with a word I seldom use in English let alone French
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today’s sofa choice is yellow
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Does Google Maps know something about French railway stations that SNCF doesn’t? @seatsixtyone.bsky.social ? Same with Angoulême and Bordeaux
Google maps showing Poitiers station with an Austrian Railways logo
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A sleeping dog being let lie
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1718 4/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wordle.louan.me
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Le Mot - Wordle en français
Wordle, mais en français. Devinez le mot du jour ! Totalement gratuit, en ligne, et sans pub.
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today’s dog stroll.
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Swans on the river Vienne
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Old school friend who lives in Washington DC messaged me saying she’s in London Polite me replied “you should have said, we could have met up” She replies “I’m there for 3 weeks, let’s put dinner in the diary” I haven’t been in England for 5 years
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Is there a rule that rechargeable power tools run out omph about 10 minutes before you finish? Probably, yes
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A stroll beside the river
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.maptap.gg September 20 99🎯 98🔥 99🎯 97🔥 91👑 Final score: 959
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good morning No, I’m still at home
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Saffy says goodnight
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Must ask my Canadian friend if she thinks they will be joining Schengen
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Poster at the vets I still can’t my head around having a letter per year for animal names
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Having spoken French [badly] for 60 years I will today for the first time say Gicleur de lave-glace Wish me luck * the nozzle was knocked off by a buzzard bird strike
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I hear the French airforce has been practicing over my house tonight. Somewhat loudly, somewhat low, somewhat fast And as a threesome
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bird watching day There was a voyeuristic blue tit watching me shower through the bathroom window
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Birds tucking in before going south
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hello from the river
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The dog is at the “drive the car to me and open the door nearest me so you pick me up and place me on the seat” stage of life
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 years ago I watched the events in NYC unfold on the tv screen In an abundance of caution I told my city of London team to evacuate their Austin Friars office and transfer their phones to my Northamptonshire team Go home, stay safe
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cause and effect Pompeii
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tosh tucking into a full English Somewhere in Brittany
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
An exhausted dog
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tosh, the Kiwi cat taking the air in our old Kent garden A much traveled cat. New Zealand, England and France. He’s now resting in a New Zealand garden
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Cognac for the seekers of five-a-day
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Chauvigny
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Out with the waterfowl at the town park
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
For the first time I braved Castorama in Poitiers It took ages of flooring ogling time to find the drill bit I was looking for. Then I found the lighting Then I found the gutter clips I needed were outside in the separate building mss as materials shop
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Nocturnal visitor to the garden. I’m not impressed
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tomorrow’s task replace the canicule damaged roofing on the back porch
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
60 years ago today my father died It’s always a bittersweet day for me Watching a Tati film at the cinema with mum, then finding my father dead at home. For ever in my mind
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
French enigmas BUT has a rentrée promo sale “Oh, the kids are back in school, let’s buy a sofa” heard across many breakfast tables
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our neighbour says good night
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A weekend of vet visits Friday I picked up Saffy’s heart and liver meds Saturday she lost the use of a back leg so a trip back to the vet for urgent treatment. Back again for a follow up with our usual vet Poor girl has torn her cruciate ligament.
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Autumn is coming This weekend I saw a magnificent crane strutting his stuff on the edge of field. It’s the closest I’ve been to one, normally it’s large migratory flocks in the sky
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I may have overdone the harissa in tonight’s meal Can harissa be overdone ?
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
www.maptap.gg August 30 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 93🏆 80✨ Final score: 919 Started well….
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Peter Scott @dwpete.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Somewhat grand entrance hall. Triple height ceiling I’d hate to dust out the cobwebs Too expensive for my budget though
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