Lizziwake
@lizziwake.bsky.social
All’s well that ends well.
Author of Sketching a Year in Lakeland
(Pub: https://www.inspiredbylakeland.co.uk/collections/books/products/liz-wakelin-sketching-a-year-in-lakeland
Author of Sketching a Year in Lakeland
(Pub: https://www.inspiredbylakeland.co.uk/collections/books/products/liz-wakelin-sketching-a-year-in-lakeland
Book signing ‘Sketching a Year in Lakeland’ in Sam Read’s Books @samreadbookseller.bsky.social this afternoon. It was a very damp day!
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Book signing ‘Sketching a Year in Lakeland’ in Sam Read’s Books @samreadbookseller.bsky.social this afternoon. It was a very damp day!
Cycle touring in Scottish rain seems to have made my legs stronger now I’m down amongst the pretty cottages & flint built churches of Hampshire. Mind you the hills were just as steep!
September 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Cycle touring in Scottish rain seems to have made my legs stronger now I’m down amongst the pretty cottages & flint built churches of Hampshire. Mind you the hills were just as steep!
How to choose four photos to sum up five days chasing five ferries (one cancelled, all but one struggling with technical issues) around the Scottish islands & mainland peninsulas? Days of sunshine & cycling & torrential rain & cycling. A fabulous few days 🚴♀️🚴🏻♂️
September 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
How to choose four photos to sum up five days chasing five ferries (one cancelled, all but one struggling with technical issues) around the Scottish islands & mainland peninsulas? Days of sunshine & cycling & torrential rain & cycling. A fabulous few days 🚴♀️🚴🏻♂️
The Florence Mine once produced haematite for the steel industry as the red puddles proclaim. Egremont Castlecis also worth a visit.
September 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Florence Mine once produced haematite for the steel industry as the red puddles proclaim. Egremont Castlecis also worth a visit.
If you can get to the exhibition ‘Wrestle’ at the Florence Arts Centre near Egremont, Cumbria, it’s definitely worth visiting. Jan Moss & @chrisroutledge.bsky.social have paintings & photos (& I have a small embroidery). And a fascinating place too.
September 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If you can get to the exhibition ‘Wrestle’ at the Florence Arts Centre near Egremont, Cumbria, it’s definitely worth visiting. Jan Moss & @chrisroutledge.bsky.social have paintings & photos (& I have a small embroidery). And a fascinating place too.
Had a lovely run today before the rain arrived. I’m so glad I’m still able to run these trails even tho I’m much slower. I did perform a quite spectacular tumble on a steep path. Really rather proud of the head-over-heels roll back onto my feet, even if did I graze my arm en route 😂
August 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Had a lovely run today before the rain arrived. I’m so glad I’m still able to run these trails even tho I’m much slower. I did perform a quite spectacular tumble on a steep path. Really rather proud of the head-over-heels roll back onto my feet, even if did I graze my arm en route 😂
I’ve been reflecting on my visit to the ‘Everest the Hard Way’ exhibition in Grasmere - looking at my 1st edition copy of the book & realising there wasn’t a single woman on that expedition. How the world has changed. And how climbing is no longer viewed in the same way. Different times.
August 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I’ve been reflecting on my visit to the ‘Everest the Hard Way’ exhibition in Grasmere - looking at my 1st edition copy of the book & realising there wasn’t a single woman on that expedition. How the world has changed. And how climbing is no longer viewed in the same way. Different times.
Finished the last five miles of the New Lipchis Way to reach the sea at East Head at the entrance to Chichester Channel. Very flat. Lovely views, but very flat. I really don’t like flat walking.
August 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Finished the last five miles of the New Lipchis Way to reach the sea at East Head at the entrance to Chichester Channel. Very flat. Lovely views, but very flat. I really don’t like flat walking.
‘Half’ a Grasmere Skyline today: 14.62 miles / 4751’ ascent. Very glad I set out early as it was already hot at 8am! Ticked off Loughrigg & Silver How before Marmalade toast at Mathilde’s cafe in Grasmere. On to Stone Arthur & Great Rigg & then along the ridge to Nab Scar. An excellent day out ☺️
August 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
‘Half’ a Grasmere Skyline today: 14.62 miles / 4751’ ascent. Very glad I set out early as it was already hot at 8am! Ticked off Loughrigg & Silver How before Marmalade toast at Mathilde’s cafe in Grasmere. On to Stone Arthur & Great Rigg & then along the ridge to Nab Scar. An excellent day out ☺️
Today was a day for strollin’ and where better to stroll to but the newly re-opened Grove Barn cafe (walkers only) above Ambleside. The veggie breakfast was so delicious I’d cleaned the plate before I remembered to photograph it! And the views - scroll for the views! 😍
August 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Today was a day for strollin’ and where better to stroll to but the newly re-opened Grove Barn cafe (walkers only) above Ambleside. The veggie breakfast was so delicious I’d cleaned the plate before I remembered to photograph it! And the views - scroll for the views! 😍
Seen on a 15 mile walk (stage two of the New Lipchis Way) from the chalk Downs (& an Iron Age hillfort) to the coastal plains of West Sussex. Only 5 miles left to walk but it will have to wait until later.
August 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Seen on a 15 mile walk (stage two of the New Lipchis Way) from the chalk Downs (& an Iron Age hillfort) to the coastal plains of West Sussex. Only 5 miles left to walk but it will have to wait until later.
Seen on a 20 mile walk (stage one of the New Lipchis Way) across the Greensand & Chalk of West Sussex.
August 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Seen on a 20 mile walk (stage one of the New Lipchis Way) across the Greensand & Chalk of West Sussex.
No wonder my breathing was so bad on today’s run round the wheat fields of Hampshire!
August 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
No wonder my breathing was so bad on today’s run round the wheat fields of Hampshire!
‘Only’ an iPhone shot but I loved the tree roots, even if they are a sign of the damage caused by too many feet.
August 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
‘Only’ an iPhone shot but I loved the tree roots, even if they are a sign of the damage caused by too many feet.
Turning Lily Tarn upside down
July 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Turning Lily Tarn upside down
Watching the Montane Lakeland 100 lead runners come through Eskdale: Jarreth McKenna in the lead, then Damian Hall in second & Anna Llewelyn in third, as well as being first lady. I shared videos on Instagram but I can’t share them here. We seem to have booked a room with a view!
July 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Watching the Montane Lakeland 100 lead runners come through Eskdale: Jarreth McKenna in the lead, then Damian Hall in second & Anna Llewelyn in third, as well as being first lady. I shared videos on Instagram but I can’t share them here. We seem to have booked a room with a view!
Back at the Force cafe above Ambleside checking up on how my ‘offspring’ is doing. Always a delight to see it on the shelf, and always a delight to have lunch at the Force ☺️
July 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Back at the Force cafe above Ambleside checking up on how my ‘offspring’ is doing. Always a delight to see it on the shelf, and always a delight to have lunch at the Force ☺️
Summer in the Lakes 😢
July 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Summer in the Lakes 😢
Just back from a shortish bike ride - to get some air round the old limbs as it’s still a bit cool but no breeze today to move it round & the heat is oppressive. Had lunch at the local airfield cafe. Nearly drowned in my own sweat on this morning’s run 🥵
June 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Just back from a shortish bike ride - to get some air round the old limbs as it’s still a bit cool but no breeze today to move it round & the heat is oppressive. Had lunch at the local airfield cafe. Nearly drowned in my own sweat on this morning’s run 🥵
Made an unexpected water garden visit today. We passed a sign inviting us in as we cycled along a lane, and found a little gem of a garden. Part of the Leckford Estate owned by Jon Lewis/Waitrose.
June 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Made an unexpected water garden visit today. We passed a sign inviting us in as we cycled along a lane, and found a little gem of a garden. Part of the Leckford Estate owned by Jon Lewis/Waitrose.
Could this be the best lunch stop ever? Superb walk today up to a high col having climbed up to a balcon path through flowery meadows below massive crags, crossing a huge rockfall (carefully) & descending through a city of ants nests. Fabulous day ☺️
June 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Could this be the best lunch stop ever? Superb walk today up to a high col having climbed up to a balcon path through flowery meadows below massive crags, crossing a huge rockfall (carefully) & descending through a city of ants nests. Fabulous day ☺️
When is a rest day not a rest day? When it involves 6 miles & 2000’ ascent because I just can’t sit still in this fabulous weather (too hot now tho 🥵)
June 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
When is a rest day not a rest day? When it involves 6 miles & 2000’ ascent because I just can’t sit still in this fabulous weather (too hot now tho 🥵)
Can this place get any more beautiful? Yes, of course. A superb day’s solo walking along a delightful narrow balcony path high above the valley & below the massive limestone cliffs above. And the perfect restaurant 😉
June 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Can this place get any more beautiful? Yes, of course. A superb day’s solo walking along a delightful narrow balcony path high above the valley & below the massive limestone cliffs above. And the perfect restaurant 😉
Two more amazing gorges, one down for ten miles & one up for ten miles - including a 1.7km tunnel which I have to say was most unpleasant. My longest climb on a bike ever, I think. But hot! Hot! Hot! 🥵
June 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Two more amazing gorges, one down for ten miles & one up for ten miles - including a 1.7km tunnel which I have to say was most unpleasant. My longest climb on a bike ever, I think. But hot! Hot! Hot! 🥵
Such a stunning walk up to La Moucherotte. This limestone may be tough underfoot but it is so very beautiful. We could see as far as a hazy Mont Blanc to the N & the Écrins in the E. There was a profusion of wild flowers & butterflies in the sheep pastures and on the wooded slopes above the valley.
June 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Such a stunning walk up to La Moucherotte. This limestone may be tough underfoot but it is so very beautiful. We could see as far as a hazy Mont Blanc to the N & the Écrins in the E. There was a profusion of wild flowers & butterflies in the sheep pastures and on the wooded slopes above the valley.