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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Book signing ‘Sketching a Year in Lakeland’ in Sam Read’s Books @samreadbookseller.bsky.social this afternoon. It was a very damp day!

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

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!

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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 🚴‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The Florence Mine once produced haematite for the steel industry as the red puddles proclaim. Egremont Castlecis also worth a visit.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

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.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

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 😂

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

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.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

‘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 ☺️

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

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! 😍

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Seen on a 20 mile walk (stage one of the New Lipchis Way) across the Greensand & Chalk of West Sussex.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

No wonder my breathing was so bad on today’s run round the wheat fields of Hampshire!

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

‘Only’ an iPhone shot but I loved the tree roots, even if they are a sign of the damage caused by too many feet.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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!

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

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 ☺️

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

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 🥵

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

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.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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 ☺️

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

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 🥵)

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

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 😉

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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! 🥵

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

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.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

My longest highest climb to date - up to the Col d’Herbouilly at 1370 metres. The cold grey weather helped! I’m really enjoying the quiet roads (almost no traffic today!) & fast descents. One gorge & two cols today - and a caramel, apple & chantilly crêpe at the finish ☺️

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Two big climbs on the bike today - over a Col & down a steep and winding gorge to climb over a shoulder & down to a tiny village then back up the gorge. My longest ride this trip & the most ascent so far. Excellent.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The only way to survive in the heat is to get out early in the cool of the morning. Tackled my second longest climb up to a Col today, fuelled by chocolat chaud & orangina in lots of cafes. Plus lunch in a créperie. Farmers were tedding the hay into neat rows ready for baling.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

This is an amazing region of France; I just adore limestone scenery. It’s very sad though, that the haze is mostly pollution from a nearby city.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Flowers of the mountains. Such wonderful alpine rock gardens (sadly missing from the ski-wasted areas here but still to be found in the protected places)

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Walking & cycling in a beautiful region of France. It’s very quiet & we seem to be the only English people here. I’ll not mention where it is in case everyone flocks here 😉

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

In case anybody needs flowers today 🤗 💐

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Ludlow must be one of the loveliest small market towns in the country. And there was a flea-market today in the main square opposite the castle as well as all the fabulous old buildings ☺️

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Deeply incised valleys, picture-perfect half-timbered cottages, birdsong-filled woodlands, and a picnic supper (leaving no trace) on a sun-drenched hillside - what’s not to like about the Long Mynd? ☺️

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

A day of two halves: an early morning run over Loughrigg in the quiet cool of the morning & a stroll across to Grasmere in the heat of the afternoon (with an open-top bus ride back). Fighter planes in the skies.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I’ve finished the embroidery that I designed for an upcoming exhibition celebrating Cumbrian Wrestling at the Florence Arts Centre in Egremont on the west side of Cumbria. The exhibition is a collection of paintings by Jan Moss & photos by @chrisroutledge.bsky.social The embroidery is a sideshow.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

What a glorious morning to wander slowly down to the water’s edge to have a lazy cuppa at the YHA cafe. Perfect ☺️

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Robin Hood’s Bay looking quaint & lovely in the sunshine. It must have once been a very wealthy fishing village given the quality of the houses. It’s lovely wandering the narrow ginnels but sad it’s just a holiday village altho it would have been abandoned & fallen into ruin without tourism.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I do love how jolly these yellow poppies are ☺️

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

It’s amazing just how crystal clear today has been. I could see the Isle of Man with the Irish coast beyond as well as the whole of the Scottish Galloway coast. And inland the full majesty of the Lake District was laid out against a medley of blue skies and fluffy white clouds. Magical.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Now this is amazing! The oldest half timbered church in Europe, built in the 14th century and still in use today. The roof was lowered during renovation work in the 19thC but the ancient frescoes are still in evidence.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Seeking out Neolithic monuments today. The Bridestones are all that’s left of a massive Neolithic burial complex vandalised by 18thC road builders & local landowners for stone to build the nearby turnpike road & houses. It must once have been seriously impressive and is still a fascinating place.

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Book signing, fell walking, lunch in a cafe in a pretty village, distant (UK, so quite small) mountains, occasionally sunny - what’s not to like? ❤️

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I thought these were delightful 😍

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

A bit grey for a walk today but the lical architecture was anything but grey. I’ll share a few of photos of the stained glass inside the church, which is really beautiful 😍

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Thomas the Tank Engine has been blindfolded and kidnapped! 😱

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

More excitement! Signing copies of my book in Keswick at Bookends and seeing more copies in the wilds of Booths supermarket. You can also buy Sketching a Year in Lakeland online at inspiredbylakeland.co.uk/collections/bo…

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Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

A beautiful dawn over my favourite tarn before the rains arrive. They are much needed as the becks are so dry but the sunshine has been fabulous. Here’s to a good summer - we need it ☀️

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