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Jayne Hilditch

@jayne.eurosky.social
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Working the dream. Living in the Alps purealps.com - fractional FD at wearearrival.com and basis.co.uk - NED at dxw.com - growing veg - cycling - skiing - language learning 🇫🇷

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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Today I had a 🇫🇷 exam: discovered a hole in my idiomatic vocab. Apparently you get red in the face like a 🍅 whereas I guessed 🍒. Learning this language feels like a never ending maze; and today I’m feeling claustrophobic within it. But as my old mum would say, this too shall pass.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
Today’s funeral was a wonderful uplifting celebration of a good life, well lived. Our friend Colin certainly packed in family, work and adventures. Inspirational, tinged with sadness that he’s gone too soon. Much to reflect on, in how we spend our next (we hope) decade or two.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
Well another week on a 🚴 in a new part of 🇫🇷. Correze is a veritable treat, empty roads, beautiful villages, and wonderful food.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
Today I am mostly channelling the late David Pearson’s wisdom: Your lack of forward planning is not my emergency.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
Wondering if there are any good longitudinal studies on the cost and efficacy of different governance structures? Personally I’m a fan of a benign dictatorship. Curious to see if/how that actually pans out at scale.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026
cycling in Germany. None too shabby…
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026
Yesterday I learned an old friend died on Saturday, just month after receiving a cancer diagnosis. It’s been a timely reminder to crack on with living today, as our tomorrows aren’t guaranteed.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live Scissor Sisters Dirty Vegas Faithless Toumani Diabate Tinawiren Pink Floyd David Gray Little Feat & Bonnie Raitt The Pogues Jethro Tull
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026
Writing a list of things we need to do before the the ski season - our counter-cycle life 🤯. Stabilise garden gravel, install ceiling curtain tracks, buy new curtains, deep clean gym, install EV charger, stockpile de-icing salt, repaint ceiling, replace veneer on window trim, sand+seal table…
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026
MY oh my. What comes around goes around.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026
Usually I loathe impromptu signs taped to a window, but I’ll make an exception for these…
A building with big wall signage saying “Spare Bank” and “Andalsnes Avis”A small handwritten sign saying 

THIS IS A NEWSPAPER!
WE DON'T HAVE CASH
WE DON'T HAVE RENTAL CARSa small typed sign saying

Dear tourists
Andalsnes Avis is a newspaper.
For car rental please call
Avis: 0047 932 12 401
(or walk to Grand Hotel Bellevue-just around the corner)
Have a nice day
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026
Also, the buses are *amazing* if a little €€ for short journeys out in the sticks. But we’ve been able to do a 2 hour scenic fjord-side route from our home exchange house to our next hotel, booked and paid online, comfy coach with seat-chargers and an onboard loo for €20! #norway
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026
Norway. Surprisingly well served by Thai restaurants. Which suits me just fine, as they all seem to offer the right level of 🌶️🌶️🌶️ .
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
And as I listen to VtM in Norway, I’m smiling at the memory of my fave Norwegian, and what a great time we had with JP et al seeing him at Royal Albert Hall. Dearest @TheArly (in the other place) you are much missed, and warmly remembered.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
listening to Astral Weeks. God it’s good isn’t it? Immediately transports me back to the first time I heard it (I came to it late, probably 2008 ish).
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026
Planning decision fail…
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026
Just finished Half Man on Amazon Prime. What a gut punch of a drama. Not for the faint hearted, but full of twists and turns. Genius.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026
Blue Pearl, this is your moment…. youtu.be/MLSGYZpsg9k?...
youtu.be
Blue Pearl - Naked In The Rain [HD]
YouTube video by Colour Bar
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026
On the train headed home. Jeez families are complicated aren’t they? Not arguing with the rose-tinted spectacles and re-writing of history is my own personal nemesis.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
Another day, another flight flight delay, another airport breakfast. Le sigh.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
And today we harvested 10 cucumbers, so now we have cacık with every meal. Could be worse I guess 😍
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
As a slow runner, I would like apple music to create a playlist grouped by fave genres, that gives me whatever bpm fits for running at a pace of X mins per km, so that I stand a better chance of hitting my running goals. #userstory
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
Strava: great recovery run! Jayne: oh do fuck off, that’s a PB. It’s all relative I guess. Still faster than anyone sitting on the couch.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 28/07/2026
Fair play to Easyjet, exactly one week after the flight delay from hell, and the compo money has landed in my account.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 28/07/2026
FB memories: sometimes they make me smile, sometimes they make me sad. Sometimes they make me think “why did I give any emotional energy to the fuckwit friend who has shown me, on more than one occasion, who they are” Older, and maybe finally a little wiser on where my metaphorical fucks are spent.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 26/07/2026
A satisfying way to use up the last of the honey…. that’s a cappuccino in a honey jar 😁
frothy coffee made in a honey jar
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 25/07/2026
I’ve recently started reading the New Yorker. Generally quite enjoying the long form articles. But jeez, the “diaeresis to break the diphthong” thing feels like an affectation too far.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 22/07/2026
Well there’s a rabbit hole I didn’t expect to fall into today… microtonal math rock. Kinda loving the outfits, but not entirely convinced the music is gonna break out of the niche… youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...
youtu.be
Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 21/07/2026
Flight delayed by 5 hours, a night in teeny in-terminal hotel, and now a packed commuter train. This meeting had better be worth it. 🤯😬😂. London, I am nearly in you.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 20/07/2026
Allowing myself a small amount of hope today. I’m not ready to be Victor Meldrew just yet.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026
Related. Asking someone to read your unrefined AI verbage is really poor form. If you can’t be arsed to read/refine (preferably write what you really think unaided), why should anyone be arsed to read it?
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026
Gemini suggesting an entire email response 180 degrees from what I plan to write. That’ll be a hard no from me then.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 07/07/2026
Oof. Le Pen.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 05/07/2026
my fave bit of this crazy trip… a 6km hike where we were joined for the duration by a deer and a dog, and they ran down the mountainside with us when we got on the bikes…
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026
A room with a view…
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026
Well Georgia, you have been fab. Am now tucked in a fancy-pants hotel (former Soviet sanatorium) in Kazbegi, close to the Russian border, smiling at all amazing things we’ve experienced in the last few days. A little R&R, then home.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026
Cycling in Armenia was hardcore. I’m used to doing 100km a day on french vélo routes. 70km a day on soviet roads is a whole new ball game. But awesome nonetheless. Now for a Georgian adventure.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026
Tbilisi, we’re back…
rear view of Mother of Georgia statue.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 25/06/2026
Cycling in the Armenian steppe is like cycling in a Windows XP background. And I’m here for it
green hills, blue sky, white fluffy cloudscyclists atop a green hill on a gravel track
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 23/06/2026
Armenia, I am in you! 🇦🇲
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026
Woop. Tbilisi, I am in you. 🇬🇪. Wandered out of our hotel in Sololaki, and into the most wonderful courtyard garden restaurant. Wonderful food, wine, and charm. Looking forward to our Caucasus adventures on a 🚲
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 20/06/2026
Jeez. just hearing that Steve Hilton is a candidate for Governor of California… good lord. Time to dust off that horrific newsnight interview for our stateside chums.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026
Well, that’s both a relief that the reform crew were trounced and the starting gun on a new race to 81. Let’s see how it plays out. I’m deeply unimpressed by Starmer’s own-goals at the politic-ing, but still wondering if there’s an unexpected twist to this plot yet to come.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 17/06/2026
just how long can this self-agrandising numpty ramble on?
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 17/06/2026
One of the (many) things I have put off for years is writing a will. It’s firmly on the list for 2026. If you don’t have kids, how the heck do you decide what to do with it? With added complexity of being Brits in France with some racy taxes to navigate.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 15/06/2026
After a lifetime of not being a morning person, I have recently discovered the joys of early morning runs. C25km complete, and I’m now trotting through the forest trails at 7:30am. I do not recognise myself. #simplepleasures
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 15/06/2026
somewhat surreal watching sky news and realising all their G7 commentators are round the corner in Morzine!
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 29/05/2026
I’ve made it to the final leg of couch to 5km…. I’ve been getting at 7:30 3x a week to go run on the forest trails. Much to my surprise, I’ve been enjoying it… I think we should cross the 5km milestone next week. So what next? Do I try to improve the time, or increase the distance…? #decisions
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 24/05/2026
well so long Poland, it’s been great. Clean (the trains were *amazing*), lively (but not rowdy), cultural (2 concerts), healthy (25K steps a day and great food). And surprising - I forgot it was Sunday morning till I saw the crowds outside the church this morning.
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Jayne Hilditch @jayne.eurosky.social · 24/05/2026
Deep in the salt mine.
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