H.H. Symonds' (1933) Walking in the Lake District, on Helvellyn's shelter: "the litter will make you physically sick-paper, rotted jam sandwiches, orange peel, broken bottles, jagged sardine tins". He blames "the char-a-banc owners of Morcambe Bay" for dumping 'hikers' below ... Plus ca change?

Entranced last week by the detail in the 1873 Burne-Jones, Brown & Morris east window in Troutbeck Church. Favourite images: trout in the beck; angels with sun & moon; Noah holding his ark #LakeDistrict

27 hiking miles this week. Pics are from yesterday (looking towards the Kentmere fells from above the Troutbeck valley) and today (the iron age fort on Carrock Fell) #LakeDistrict #nhs1000miles @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

A little sunlight on Fleetwith Pike this afternoon #LakeDistrict

Heather showing well on the way up Outerside this afternoon (even though it was a tad wet and windy on the top) #LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

Fascinating talk - 1st in a series - tonight at Hawkshead Grammar School Museum: historian Beth Williams on the impact of WW1 on Beatrix Potter & the Sawrey villages. Lovely building & great to chat to folk afterwards too! Can't wait to do a library tour [Pic from @HawksheadGSM on X]

Recently back from a great 10 days hiking - and lake swimming! - in the Zugspitz region of Austria (pics). Together with hikes in the #LakeDistrict before and after that trip, it's 124.5 miles to add to my total. YTD now stands at 557.5 miles. #nhs1000miles @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

Making the most of a gorgeous sunny day in the #LakeDistrict with a swim in Red Tarn, beneath Helvellyn's summit plateau. Thanks Pete & Steve of 'Swim the Lakes' for the impeccable logistics! @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

Another hot day, another swim-hike ... #LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

Cooling down again in the #LakeDistrict with a 7-mile hike along the Ullswater Way, punctuated by delicious dips in the lake. Great day out: thanks to Suzanna Swims for the logistics! @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

Very much enjoyed this evening's panel session at the Armitt Museum on Harriet Martineau - with members of the Martineau Society (who are holding their annual conference in Ambleside). Spurred me on to read more of her work!

Not the best of weeks: bad reaction to a vaccine + still rehabbing an aggravated kneecap. And wet. Only 13 (flattish) hiking miles. Best pic was of goslings feeding beside the river Derwent - so have a bonus shot from the corridor route up Scafell Pike last summer! #nhs1000miles

Slowly getting moving again after injury: a total of 15.5 hiking miles this (hot) week, including a couple of short trips up to nearby tarns for a cooling dip, with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social #LakeDistrict #nhs1000miles

Heatwave daily swim no 3, with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social - lake rather than tarn today! #LakeDistrict

Another day, another tarn swim #LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

.@kitzingercelia.bsky.social keeping cool in the #LakeDistrict today

Nursing an injury, so just 8.5 (flat) hiking miles for me in the last fortnight. Sad I had to pull out of the 10-in-10 challenge yesterday, but hope to start back on some gentle hills in the coming week. Pic is an enticing Skiddaw with some great cloudage today #nhs1000miles #LakeDistrict

Huge congratulations to @kitzingercelia.bsky.social, who completed the 10-in-10 (10 peaks in 10 hours) challenge today in 9 hrs 58 min, including a sprint finish to the Swinside Inn! @mssocietyuk.bsky.social #LakeDistrict

An outstanding evening @tbtlake.bsky.social, Keswick - Hamblett's production of 'By a Lady: The Life & Wit of Jane Austen'. The 2 actors (Doon MacKichan & Rachel Parris) & 2 musicians (David Le Page & Nick Stringfellow) had the audience enthralled. Definitely a company to watch: hambletts.com

Just 15 hiking miles for me this week. Mostly wet and windy in the #LakeDistrict. Pics from a half-day with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social on the Graystones-Lords Seat ridge on Friday. #nhs1000miles

A celebratory end to this year's Cultural Landscapes series: the speaker, @nadasaadaoui.bsky.social, passed her PhD viva y'day. She's the first grad from the Cumbria Uni MA in 'Literature, Romanticism & the English Lake District' to complete a PhD. Congrats Dr Saadaoui! @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social

Thinking about a new career direction or undertaking PG study in the fields of literary and cultural studies this September? Find out more about our unique MA in Literature, Romanticism, and the English Lake District at our Ambleside campus Open Day on Sat 4th July: www.cumbria.ac.uk/events/open-...

Out every day for 52.5 hiking miles this week. 3/4 of them were on Menorca's wonderful Cami de Cavalls, the rest back home in the #lakedistrict (including the second half of the 10-in-10 challenge route yesterday) #nhs1000miles @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

30 hiking miles for #nhs1000miles this week. Thrilled to complete the 2 Peaks Challenge (12 mls, 800m) at #KMF2026 today - just over 4 months since my left knee replacement. (Last done 8 months after my right knee replacement.) Hope to be back on the 8 Peaks with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social next yr!

33.5 hiking miles for me this week, including 12 more Wainwright summits. Fab hike today with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social: a 9-miler from home to Buttermere over the tops, along the Causey Pike-Crag Hill ridge (first half of the 10-in-10 challenge route) #nhs1000miles

The next event in our Cultural Landscapes series will be a free public talk on Jane Austen and Romantic Pedestrianism by @nadasaadaoui.bsky.social The talk will take place on Tue 2 June (6.30pm) at our Ambleside campus. For further details & to book a place see: www.ticketsource.com/cultural-lan...

Tonight's enjoyable "Cultural Landscapes" talk by Lancaster Emeritus Professor Angus Winchester - illustrating how historical reality is often overlain by powerful stories, which fuse to become a "new history" of place @cumbriauni.bsky.social @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social

Steep little climb with @kitzingercelia.bsky.social up to Arthur's Seat (Wordsworth's "promontory") above Grasmere this afternoon #LakeDistrict

Time for the #nhs1000miles regular Sunday evening post. It's 22 hiking miles for me this week - another (mostly) lovely one in the #LakeDistrict. And the bluebells are out @kitzingercelia.bsky.social

Walking above Ullswater - & thrilled to see that the 'Inspired by Ullswater' Virtual Art Gallery includes a QR code to view Mark Richards' work. Here's his linescape (from that page) of the head of the lake - & my pic of the same view this morning @fellranger.bsky.social @kitzingercelia.bsky.social