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

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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
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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
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Cool and warm: Blencathra early afternoon and Skiddaw late afternoon today #LakeDistrict
Looking towards a snowy Blencathra, with - in the foreground - a snowy field to the left and a snow-capped fence to the right (taken early afternoon today) Looking towards a snowy Skiddaw, with - in the foreground - a green field, backed by a row of trees (taken late afternoon today)
February 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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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
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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
Small figure with hiking poles descending a rocky slope through the cloud near the summit of Binsey Sue in wet weather gear at the trig point on the summit of Binsey - no views because of low cloud Sue at the memorial to Quintin McKinnon on the McKinnon Pass - the highest point of the Milford Track (New Zealand). Bright blue sky behind (and one small patch of cloud) Blue sky view of the McKinnon Pass, Milford Track, New Zealand. Vegetated foreground; small tarn in middle distance, with McKinnon memorial to the left of it; rocky peaks behind
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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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
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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
Sue triumphant at the top of Latrigg: holding crossed hiking poles aloft. A moody sky, with views of Derwentwater and Catbells beyond Sue walking on Latrigg, with late afternoon sun slanting behind her, across Derwentwater to Catbells, and beyond into Newlands Valley
February 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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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
View across Derwentwater towards a snow-capped Clough Head. Sailboat and jetty in the foreground View across Derwentwater towards Skiddaw range, with a few patches of snow remaining. Several sailboats and jetty in foreground
February 1, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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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
Grasmere Players perform Cinderella on stage at Grasmere Village Hall. Kitchen scene with ugly sisters flanking stepmother 'Ruby' to left, and Cinderella and Buttons to right
January 30, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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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
Looking across fields to a cloudy Skiddaw range Derwent river, looking west. Geese, duck and pheasant on gravel bank Derwent river, looking east
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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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
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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
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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 …
Herdies grazing below Skiddaw, with a ribbon of cloud below a scattering of snow Bandaged left knee immediately post-op, with a calf compression cuff fitted
January 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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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
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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
Celia (in red) and Sue (in yellow) on the rocky summit of Dodd this morning. Behind us is Bassenthwaite Lake
January 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Winter textures on Whinlatter this morning
#Wainwright #LakeDistrict
icicles on a rocky wall frost-inscribed tree stump, highlighting growth rings frost crystals on heather frost crystals on grass
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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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
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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
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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.
Sue sitting with raised knee on summit of Fleetwith Pike on Christmas Day 2025. Buttermere and Crummock Water in the background. Celia Kitzinger on the sunny lower slopes of Black Fell today. Bowfell and Langdale Pikes in the far background View over Derwentwater towards Clough Head, on Boxing Day morning
December 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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This morning on Fleetwith Pike - with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social. Merry Christmas everyone!
Celia - in red gilet with arms outstretched - perched on a rock at the summit of Fleetwith Pike. Views over Buttermere & Crummock Water behind her. Sue - in yellow gilet with left leg outstretched - perched on a rock at the summit of Fleetwith Pike. Views over Buttermere & Crummock Water behind her.
December 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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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
Photo of a snowy mountain range (Skiddaw) with a lake (Derwentwater) in the foreground and trees on the left hand side. Taken in November 2025 Pen-&-ink line drawing by Mark Richards of the same scene (a snowy mountain range (Skiddaw) with a lake (Derwentwater) in the foreground and trees on the left hand side). However, here the lake is frozen and there are three small figures & a dog walking - or skating - across it.
December 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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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...
Snowy gate with hills beyond (St John's in the Vale, Lake District)
December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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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:
Black-and-white wood-cut by William Linton, showing the view of Skiddaw and Derwnt Water from above Lodore falls
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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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 ...
Image of front cover of programme for The Wizard of Oz at the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick. Shows rear view of tin woman, scarecrow, Dorothy, Toto and Lion following the yellow brick road
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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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