Sue Wilkinson
@suewilkinson.bsky.social
Lake District landscape, literature, history and culture. #GrasmereDialectPlays Fell-walking, landscape photography, geology. #Cumbria #LakeDistrict
Twitter: @sue_wilkinson
Twitter: @sue_wilkinson
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It's 30.5 boots-on hiking miles for me since I last posted for #nhs1000miles
Here are a few more pics from this week's snow in the #LakeDistrict (Tewet Tarn x2, view towards Clough Head & the Dodds, Castlerigg Stone Circle)
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Here are a few more pics from this week's snow in the #LakeDistrict (Tewet Tarn x2, view towards Clough Head & the Dodds, Castlerigg Stone Circle)
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Excellent news!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Roanhead holiday resort refused over impact on wildlife
Campaigners celebrate as councillors turn down the plans for the park near Askam.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Excellent news!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's 30.5 boots-on hiking miles for me since I last posted for #nhs1000miles
Here are a few more pics from this week's snow in the #LakeDistrict (Tewet Tarn x2, view towards Clough Head & the Dodds, Castlerigg Stone Circle)
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Here are a few more pics from this week's snow in the #LakeDistrict (Tewet Tarn x2, view towards Clough Head & the Dodds, Castlerigg Stone Circle)
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's 30.5 boots-on hiking miles for me since I last posted for #nhs1000miles
Here are a few more pics from this week's snow in the #LakeDistrict (Tewet Tarn x2, view towards Clough Head & the Dodds, Castlerigg Stone Circle)
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Here are a few more pics from this week's snow in the #LakeDistrict (Tewet Tarn x2, view towards Clough Head & the Dodds, Castlerigg Stone Circle)
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Interesting Utopian idea (although read the comments too)
How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Interesting Utopian idea (although read the comments too)
Reposted by Sue Wilkinson
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Reposted by Sue Wilkinson
Another literary pilgrimage today: below Blencathra, past Tewet Tarn, over Low Rigg & into St John's in the Vale - where 19th Century stonemason, schoolmaster & dialect poet John Richardson lived & is buried (in the graveyard of the church he built)
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Another literary pilgrimage today: below Blencathra, past Tewet Tarn, over Low Rigg & into St John's in the Vale - where 19th Century stonemason, schoolmaster & dialect poet John Richardson lived & is buried (in the graveyard of the church he built)
Minus 4 degrees at Castlerigg stone circle this morning - and we had it to ourselves. (That's @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
in the red jacket.) Another fabulous snow day in the #LakeDistrict
in the red jacket.) Another fabulous snow day in the #LakeDistrict
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Minus 4 degrees at Castlerigg stone circle this morning - and we had it to ourselves. (That's @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
in the red jacket.) Another fabulous snow day in the #LakeDistrict
in the red jacket.) Another fabulous snow day in the #LakeDistrict
Little vid of snow-covered Blencathra and Skiddaw from Low Brandelhow this morning (+ some bonus geese under the trees) #LakeDistrict
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Little vid of snow-covered Blencathra and Skiddaw from Low Brandelhow this morning (+ some bonus geese under the trees) #LakeDistrict
Four views of #Skiddaw from this morning:
from #Portinscale; across Nichol End Marine; from Lingholm Kitchen (walled garden in foreground); and across #Derwentwater (greylag and canada geese under the trees)
#LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
from #Portinscale; across Nichol End Marine; from Lingholm Kitchen (walled garden in foreground); and across #Derwentwater (greylag and canada geese under the trees)
#LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Four views of #Skiddaw from this morning:
from #Portinscale; across Nichol End Marine; from Lingholm Kitchen (walled garden in foreground); and across #Derwentwater (greylag and canada geese under the trees)
#LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
from #Portinscale; across Nichol End Marine; from Lingholm Kitchen (walled garden in foreground); and across #Derwentwater (greylag and canada geese under the trees)
#LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Tupping underway in the local fields. The texel ram (centre left) has a raddle bag with yellow marking powder - just look at those yellow bums! The herdwick ram (centre right) wasn't too happy ... #LakeDistrict
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Tupping underway in the local fields. The texel ram (centre left) has a raddle bag with yellow marking powder - just look at those yellow bums! The herdwick ram (centre right) wasn't too happy ... #LakeDistrict
Got all Wordsworthian seeing recent post from @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social about Lowick Common.
1st extract is from Dorothy's journal of 3 Oct 1800;
2nd is from William's "Resolution & Independence", written 1802, published 1807.
For more info, see: www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reser...
1st extract is from Dorothy's journal of 3 Oct 1800;
2nd is from William's "Resolution & Independence", written 1802, published 1807.
For more info, see: www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reser...
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Got all Wordsworthian seeing recent post from @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social about Lowick Common.
1st extract is from Dorothy's journal of 3 Oct 1800;
2nd is from William's "Resolution & Independence", written 1802, published 1807.
For more info, see: www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reser...
1st extract is from Dorothy's journal of 3 Oct 1800;
2nd is from William's "Resolution & Independence", written 1802, published 1807.
For more info, see: www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reser...
Reposted by Sue Wilkinson
Finally some good news. 🏳️🌈
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Finally some good news. 🏳️🌈
Reposted by Sue Wilkinson
Positive 🦇 story
#lovebats #batresearch #conservation #batconservation #trees
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#lovebats #batresearch #conservation #batconservation #trees
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The secret life of baobabs: How bats and moths keep Africa's giant trees alive
Baobabs are sometimes called "upside-down trees," because their branches look like roots reaching skyward. Of the eight species of baobab in the world, six are confined to Madagascar, one to northern ...
phys.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Positive 🦇 story
#lovebats #batresearch #conservation #batconservation #trees
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#lovebats #batresearch #conservation #batconservation #trees
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Reposted by Sue Wilkinson
This is absolutely appalling.
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is absolutely appalling.
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Sue Wilkinson
8 km of retreat in just 2 months...! 😱
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
8 km of retreat in just 2 months...! 😱
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
The fastest glacier retreat ever recorded in modern history, at Hektoria Glacier (Antarctic peninsula) 📈🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Via Etienne Berthier
Just 11 hiking miles for me this week; largely in the woods, as so wet and windy up on the fells. #LakeDistrict #NHS1000miles
November 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just 11 hiking miles for me this week; largely in the woods, as so wet and windy up on the fells. #LakeDistrict #NHS1000miles
All Souls' Day, with Phillip Gate's soul cakes at our Lakeland Dialect Society meeting:
"T' bairns are oot wi' their masks an' their clouts,
Beggin' for soul-cakes frae hoose tae hoose,
'A penny for t' guy, or a farthin' for fun,'
But mind yer winders-they'll soot 'em wi' glee!"
(Ethel Fisher)
"T' bairns are oot wi' their masks an' their clouts,
Beggin' for soul-cakes frae hoose tae hoose,
'A penny for t' guy, or a farthin' for fun,'
But mind yer winders-they'll soot 'em wi' glee!"
(Ethel Fisher)
November 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
All Souls' Day, with Phillip Gate's soul cakes at our Lakeland Dialect Society meeting:
"T' bairns are oot wi' their masks an' their clouts,
Beggin' for soul-cakes frae hoose tae hoose,
'A penny for t' guy, or a farthin' for fun,'
But mind yer winders-they'll soot 'em wi' glee!"
(Ethel Fisher)
"T' bairns are oot wi' their masks an' their clouts,
Beggin' for soul-cakes frae hoose tae hoose,
'A penny for t' guy, or a farthin' for fun,'
But mind yer winders-they'll soot 'em wi' glee!"
(Ethel Fisher)
Reposted by Sue Wilkinson
We publish *imaginary* research abstracts!
The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces. Click to read:
Why Abstract fiction?
The theme
How to get started
What to submit to us
What *not* to submit
journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog/2025/10/28/c...
The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces. Click to read:
Why Abstract fiction?
The theme
How to get started
What to submit to us
What *not* to submit
journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog/2025/10/28/c...
Call for Abstracts – Journal Of Imaginary Research Volume 11
The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces for our annual volume produced each November to celebrate Global Academic Writing Month. We pu…
journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog
October 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We publish *imaginary* research abstracts!
The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces. Click to read:
Why Abstract fiction?
The theme
How to get started
What to submit to us
What *not* to submit
journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog/2025/10/28/c...
The Journal of Imaginary Research is now accepting submissions of new short fictional pieces. Click to read:
Why Abstract fiction?
The theme
How to get started
What to submit to us
What *not* to submit
journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog/2025/10/28/c...
29 miles this week - and that takes me over the #nhs1000miles goal (the earliest in the year I've ever met it)! My YTD is now 1021 boots-on hiking miles.
Pics are from mid-week in Martindale with the Skiddaw U3A Roamers. The ethereal blue is Angle Tarn.
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Pics are from mid-week in Martindale with the Skiddaw U3A Roamers. The ethereal blue is Angle Tarn.
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
29 miles this week - and that takes me over the #nhs1000miles goal (the earliest in the year I've ever met it)! My YTD is now 1021 boots-on hiking miles.
Pics are from mid-week in Martindale with the Skiddaw U3A Roamers. The ethereal blue is Angle Tarn.
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Pics are from mid-week in Martindale with the Skiddaw U3A Roamers. The ethereal blue is Angle Tarn.
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Soggy morning in Keswick, visiting the Cumbria Life Home & Gift Fair: a chance to see inside the newly-renovated Cumberland Pencil Factory (+ eat, drink, browse & shop).
Best bit: finding that the free - advertising - copies of
Cumbria Life magazine contain my article on the Grasmere Dialect Plays!
Best bit: finding that the free - advertising - copies of
Cumbria Life magazine contain my article on the Grasmere Dialect Plays!
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Soggy morning in Keswick, visiting the Cumbria Life Home & Gift Fair: a chance to see inside the newly-renovated Cumberland Pencil Factory (+ eat, drink, browse & shop).
Best bit: finding that the free - advertising - copies of
Cumbria Life magazine contain my article on the Grasmere Dialect Plays!
Best bit: finding that the free - advertising - copies of
Cumbria Life magazine contain my article on the Grasmere Dialect Plays!
A quartet from a 7-mile bimble by the lake & along Catbells terrace this afternoon: very cold wind despite the sun #Derwentwater #Keswick #LakeDistrict
October 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A quartet from a 7-mile bimble by the lake & along Catbells terrace this afternoon: very cold wind despite the sun #Derwentwater #Keswick #LakeDistrict
Online (expanded) version of my Cumbria Life piece:
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/cu...
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/cu...
The play that is helping to preserve Westmorland dialect and customs
The Grasmere Dialect Plays enact scenes from everyday life, entirely in Westmorland dialect
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Online (expanded) version of my Cumbria Life piece:
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/cu...
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/cu...
Deer-stalking in Martindale with the Roamers again today (other side of the valley from 2 weeks ago). Just as spectacular: the rut is still in full swing! Highlight was seeing this stag rolling in a wallow ... @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Deer-stalking in Martindale with the Roamers again today (other side of the valley from 2 weeks ago). Just as spectacular: the rut is still in full swing! Highlight was seeing this stag rolling in a wallow ... @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
In London for a celebration. The Mary Beale arboretum looked gorgeous in the rain ... @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In London for a celebration. The Mary Beale arboretum looked gorgeous in the rain ... @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Added 32 more boots-on hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week. Highlights were THOSE #LakeDistrict inversions at the beginning of the week. (They lasted into Thursday for those who got high enough to be above the gradually-rising cloud layer.) Can't resist 4 (more) pix! @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Added 32 more boots-on hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week. Highlights were THOSE #LakeDistrict inversions at the beginning of the week. (They lasted into Thursday for those who got high enough to be above the gradually-rising cloud layer.) Can't resist 4 (more) pix! @kitzingercelia.bsky.social