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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Just 11 hiking miles for me this week; largely in the woods, as so wet and windy up on the fells. #LakeDistrict #NHS1000miles
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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. 🏳️🌈
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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...
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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/...
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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)
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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
"But worthier still of note
Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale,
Joined in one solemn and capacious grove;
Huge trunks!—and each particular trunk a growth
Of intertwisted fibres serpentine
Up-coiling, and inveterately convolved"
[Wordsworth on the Borrowdale Yews]
Only 3 now - & they're sororal!
Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale,
Joined in one solemn and capacious grove;
Huge trunks!—and each particular trunk a growth
Of intertwisted fibres serpentine
Up-coiling, and inveterately convolved"
[Wordsworth on the Borrowdale Yews]
Only 3 now - & they're sororal!
October 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"But worthier still of note
Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale,
Joined in one solemn and capacious grove;
Huge trunks!—and each particular trunk a growth
Of intertwisted fibres serpentine
Up-coiling, and inveterately convolved"
[Wordsworth on the Borrowdale Yews]
Only 3 now - & they're sororal!
Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale,
Joined in one solemn and capacious grove;
Huge trunks!—and each particular trunk a growth
Of intertwisted fibres serpentine
Up-coiling, and inveterately convolved"
[Wordsworth on the Borrowdale Yews]
Only 3 now - & they're sororal!
Inversion cloud layer between Skiddaw and Blencathra - video taken from the Skiddaw summit plateau at lunchtime today #LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Inversion cloud layer between Skiddaw and Blencathra - video taken from the Skiddaw summit plateau at lunchtime today #LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
30 more hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week. Today - back o'Skiddaw - was all about cloud inversions #LakeDistrict
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
30 more hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week. Today - back o'Skiddaw - was all about cloud inversions #LakeDistrict
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Hoping for an inversion on Skiddaw this morning - but didn't quite happen ...
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hoping for an inversion on Skiddaw this morning - but didn't quite happen ...
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Out with the Roamers today, to see/hear the red deer rut in Martindale.
Thanks Lena for leading a great walk!
Thanks Lena for leading a great walk!
October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Out with the Roamers today, to see/hear the red deer rut in Martindale.
Thanks Lena for leading a great walk!
Thanks Lena for leading a great walk!
Great start to the 7th series of 'Cultural Landscapes' talks tonight: @pollyrowena.bsky.social on 'Companions of Nature' - launching the paperback edition of her book, 'The Company of Owls' @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social @samreadbookseller.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great start to the 7th series of 'Cultural Landscapes' talks tonight: @pollyrowena.bsky.social on 'Companions of Nature' - launching the paperback edition of her book, 'The Company of Owls' @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social @samreadbookseller.bsky.social
36 more boots-on hiking miles since I last posted for #nhs1000miles
Most of these were in Madagascar, with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social - including in a UNESCO World Heritage site with incredible limestone formations known as 'tsingy' (pics below).
YTD: 930 hiking miles
Most of these were in Madagascar, with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social - including in a UNESCO World Heritage site with incredible limestone formations known as 'tsingy' (pics below).
YTD: 930 hiking miles
October 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
36 more boots-on hiking miles since I last posted for #nhs1000miles
Most of these were in Madagascar, with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social - including in a UNESCO World Heritage site with incredible limestone formations known as 'tsingy' (pics below).
YTD: 930 hiking miles
Most of these were in Madagascar, with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social - including in a UNESCO World Heritage site with incredible limestone formations known as 'tsingy' (pics below).
YTD: 930 hiking miles
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
Sadly, we cut short our Madagascar trip (on UK Foreign Office and local tour company advice). Even though Madagascar is so dependent on tourist income, it's sad to see other tour companies advising that tourism in Madagascar is unaffected - absolutely not our experience
The president of Madagascar dissolved his government on Monday in response to days of fiery youth-led protests denouncing the government's failure to provide stable electricity and water. Nearly two dozen people were killed in protests and dozens more were injured, the UN said. nyti.ms/3IOdkXF
October 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Sadly, we cut short our Madagascar trip (on UK Foreign Office and local tour company advice). Even though Madagascar is so dependent on tourist income, it's sad to see other tour companies advising that tourism in Madagascar is unaffected - absolutely not our experience
Solidarity with the peaceful Gen Z protestors in Madagascar, speaking truth to power about appalling living conditions and political corruption
A Madagascar, la Gen Z appelle désormais à la grève générale et durcit le mot d’ordre : « Rajoelina, dégage ! »
A Madagascar, la Gen Z appelle désormais à la grève générale et durcit le mot d’ordre : « Rajoelina, dégage ! »
Les revendications se sont encore étendues pour l’appel à manifester mercredi : la Gen Z demande dans un message sur les réseaux sociaux la dissolution du Sénat, de la Haute Cour constitutionnelle et de la commission électorale, ainsi qu’un procès contre l’homme d’affaires Many Ravatomanga, principal soutien financier d’Andry Rajoelina.
www.lemonde.fr
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Solidarity with the peaceful Gen Z protestors in Madagascar, speaking truth to power about appalling living conditions and political corruption