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Sue Wilkinson
@suewilkinson.bsky.social
Lake District landscape, literature, history and culture. #GrasmereDialectPlays Fell-walking, landscape photography, geology. #Cumbria #LakeDistrict

Twitter: @sue_wilkinson
Week 5 of new knee. Doing more on the static bike and started hydrotherapy in the wonderful pool at the Calvert Trust. Only 6.5 hiking miles - which are all I count for #nhs1000miles - but these included 2 Wainwright summits: Binsey (in the rain) and Little Mell Fell (in the snow)
February 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Well, just had to get up above the snowline today: Little Mell Fell. Thanks to @kitzingercelia.bsky.social for the video
#LakeDistrict
February 14, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Cool and warm: Blencathra early afternoon and Skiddaw late afternoon today #LakeDistrict
February 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
And the reward for all that effort was a yummy Indi-Yan dinner at the Yan at Broadrayne (near #Grasmere)
February 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Today: climbed 180m the to top of mighty Binsey (447m) in the rain and cloud, with my hiking buddy @kitzingercelia.bsky.social. #LakeDistrict
OTD a year ago: we climbed 610m to the McKinnon Pass - the highest point (at 1514m) on the Milford Track, in glorious sun. #NewZealand
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Great progress in week 4 of new knee! 10.5 hiking miles, and back on the fells. Began a new round of post-surgery Wainwrights (with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social). Summited #Latrigg on Wed and #Ling today. So happy! #nhs1000miles
February 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Day 25 post-left-knee replacement - and I'm back on the fells! Yippee! Gorgeous light for my first Wainwright (of Round 4): the mighty Latrigg
February 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Week 3 post-knee-replacement surgery - I've exchanged the crutches for walking poles & walked a little over 8 miles. Also managing forward rotations on the static bike. Really pleased! Pics are from Nichol End Marine, looking (L) towards Clough Head and (R) towards the Skiddaw range #nhs1000miles
February 1, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Kudos to Grasmere Players for stonking performance of Cinderella in Grasmere Hall this eve.
Loved @k12tree.bsky.social 'modernising the monarchy' as Mountain Rescue!
Pic L-R: Paul Davies - Ruby, flanked by ugly sisters, Barry Porter & John Coombe; Caroline Robinson - Cinders; Max Ireland - Buttons
January 30, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Good progress with my 2-week old knee: 5 miles (in 0.75-1 mile increments) this week. So lucky to live close to this wonderful scenery! #LakeDistrict #nhs1000miles
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Fun treat in store for 11th March: sample the amazing Grasmere Dialect Plays, recreated by members of the Lakeland Dialect Society. At 6.15 in the Studio, @tbtlake.bsky.social, Keswick, as part of the fabulous 'Words by the Water' Festival. Prog and tickets here: wordsbythewaterkeswick.com/events/
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
2 x 0.5 miles this week with my 8-day-old knee: to bridge over river Derwent & Dubwath Silver Meadows with visiting niece #nhs1000miles #LakeDistrict
January 18, 2026 at 6:39 PM
8 more hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week (YTD 16 miles) + a new left knee yesterday! Might be rather fewer miles for the next few weeks …
January 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
A few from a wander by a part-frozen #Derwentwater this morning: another gorgeous day in the #LakeDistrict
January 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Gentle start for #nhs1000miles 2026. 2 small Wainwright summits for 8 very frosty boots-on hiking miles. Here's us on #Dodd this morning. Pretty sure this will be my last summit before knee surgery next Sat, tho' I hope to clock a few more miles this week #LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Winter textures on Whinlatter this morning
#Wainwright #LakeDistrict
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Postscript: 5 more miles today, so total is 1112 for 2025. #nhs1000miles Found the 'official' top of Latrigg...
December 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Last (short) hike of 2025, with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social: a chilly wander over Latrigg. Here's the view over Derwentwater into Borrowdale and the high fells beyond. Happy New Year everyone!
December 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final check-in of the year for #nhs1000miles. My total boots-on hiking miles for 2025 is 1107. Pics are from a few unexpected miles in the last week: post shingles and pre (left) knee replacement on 10 January.
December 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This morning on Fleetwith Pike - with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social. Merry Christmas everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thrilled that Mark Richards used my Nov photo of Skiddaw across Derwentwater as a reference pic for this wonderful pen-&-ink drawing. Also that his drawing illustrated Countrystride's 'Christmas Cracker' podcast: www.countrystride.co.uk @fellranger.bsky.social @countrystride.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Well, this is one #nhs1000miles post I hadn't anticipated. It's 0 hiking miles for me this week - not because I've had a (second) knee replacement (scheduled for yesterday), but because I've gone down with shingles. It's nasty! Surgery will now be delayed for at least a month...
December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Acquired a real treasure today (for £7!): a copy of Harriet Martineau's "A Description of the English Lakes", illustrated with original wood-cuts by William J. Linton of Brantwood. (William Linton also illustrated Eliza Lynn Linton's fabulous book "The Lake Country".)
Here's just one of the images:
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Great fun for big (as well as little) kids tonight on the yellow brick road @tbtlake.bsky.social Keswick. Special shout out for Vinnie Monachello's Toto: "bark bark" has surely never been as expressive ...
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Today in London, with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social:
Picasso exhibition at Halcyon Gallery and pre-Christmas lunch with sister and nieces
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM