Celia Kitzinger
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Promoting #OpenJustice in the Court of Protection #NotSecretCourt
Check out our website: openjusticecourtofprotection.org
Also all things Lake District + Cumbria including hiking, literature, & other stuff that interests me!
Check out our website: openjusticecourtofprotection.org
Also all things Lake District + Cumbria including hiking, literature, & other stuff that interests me!
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Just a scattering of snow on Causey Pike this morning...
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Amazingly varied potato discourse
Contemplating Thanksgiving Dinner tonight in Hall, I'm wondering why it's traditional for Americans to eat mashed potatoes with turkey on this night? Aren't roast potatoes nicer?
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Amazingly varied potato discourse
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Miles Hewstone - once a respected and influential social psychologist (and editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology).
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Miles Hewstone - once a respected and influential social psychologist (and editor of the British Journal of Social Psychology).
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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It's 30.5 boots-on hiking miles for me since I last posted for #nhs1000miles
Here are a few more pics from this week's snow in the #LakeDistrict (Tewet Tarn x2, view towards Clough Head & the Dodds, Castlerigg Stone Circle)
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Here are a few more pics from this week's snow in the #LakeDistrict (Tewet Tarn x2, view towards Clough Head & the Dodds, Castlerigg Stone Circle)
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's 30.5 boots-on hiking miles for me since I last posted for #nhs1000miles
Here are a few more pics from this week's snow in the #LakeDistrict (Tewet Tarn x2, view towards Clough Head & the Dodds, Castlerigg Stone Circle)
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Here are a few more pics from this week's snow in the #LakeDistrict (Tewet Tarn x2, view towards Clough Head & the Dodds, Castlerigg Stone Circle)
@kitzingercelia.bsky.social
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Today is St Clement's Day, the patron saint of blacksmiths and metal workers.
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today is St Clement's Day, the patron saint of blacksmiths and metal workers.
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
At Finch Foundry in Devon, blacksmiths will gather to show their skills and complete in the annual snail race. Not what you might immediately think of, the race is to create an iron snail sculpture!
📷 Mel Peters
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Minus 4 degrees at Castlerigg stone circle this morning - and we had it to ourselves. (That's @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
in the red jacket.) Another fabulous snow day in the #LakeDistrict
in the red jacket.) Another fabulous snow day in the #LakeDistrict
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Minus 4 degrees at Castlerigg stone circle this morning - and we had it to ourselves. (That's @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
in the red jacket.) Another fabulous snow day in the #LakeDistrict
in the red jacket.) Another fabulous snow day in the #LakeDistrict
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Four views of #Skiddaw from this morning:
from #Portinscale; across Nichol End Marine; from Lingholm Kitchen (walled garden in foreground); and across #Derwentwater (greylag and canada geese under the trees)
#LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
from #Portinscale; across Nichol End Marine; from Lingholm Kitchen (walled garden in foreground); and across #Derwentwater (greylag and canada geese under the trees)
#LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Four views of #Skiddaw from this morning:
from #Portinscale; across Nichol End Marine; from Lingholm Kitchen (walled garden in foreground); and across #Derwentwater (greylag and canada geese under the trees)
#LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
from #Portinscale; across Nichol End Marine; from Lingholm Kitchen (walled garden in foreground); and across #Derwentwater (greylag and canada geese under the trees)
#LakeDistrict @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
Just a scattering of snow on Causey Pike this morning...
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just a scattering of snow on Causey Pike this morning...
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Nestlé still are at it.
I haven't drunk Nestlé coffee for four decades because of the horrific baby milk scandal.
With a multinational the size of Nestlé, it is hard to avoid their products, but I do try because the company knows what it is doing, and does it anyway.
voxdev.org/topic/health...
I haven't drunk Nestlé coffee for four decades because of the horrific baby milk scandal.
With a multinational the size of Nestlé, it is hard to avoid their products, but I do try because the company knows what it is doing, and does it anyway.
voxdev.org/topic/health...
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Nestlé still are at it.
I haven't drunk Nestlé coffee for four decades because of the horrific baby milk scandal.
With a multinational the size of Nestlé, it is hard to avoid their products, but I do try because the company knows what it is doing, and does it anyway.
voxdev.org/topic/health...
I haven't drunk Nestlé coffee for four decades because of the horrific baby milk scandal.
With a multinational the size of Nestlé, it is hard to avoid their products, but I do try because the company knows what it is doing, and does it anyway.
voxdev.org/topic/health...
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The Local Authority want P to vacate the property voluntarily whilst his property is cleared. Failing that, they want P removed forcibly, using restraint if necessary.
Blog by @doccmartin.bsky.social
#NotSecretCourt
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/16/h...
Blog by @doccmartin.bsky.social
#NotSecretCourt
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/16/h...
Hoarding and best interests challenges for the Court of Protection
By Claire Martin, 16th November 2025 The protected party at the centre of this case (P) is a man who has significant hoarding difficulties. The Local Authority wants him to leave his home – either …
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November 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Local Authority want P to vacate the property voluntarily whilst his property is cleared. Failing that, they want P removed forcibly, using restraint if necessary.
Blog by @doccmartin.bsky.social
#NotSecretCourt
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/16/h...
Blog by @doccmartin.bsky.social
#NotSecretCourt
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/16/h...
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Got all Wordsworthian seeing recent post from @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social about Lowick Common.
1st extract is from Dorothy's journal of 3 Oct 1800;
2nd is from William's "Resolution & Independence", written 1802, published 1807.
For more info, see: www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reser...
1st extract is from Dorothy's journal of 3 Oct 1800;
2nd is from William's "Resolution & Independence", written 1802, published 1807.
For more info, see: www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reser...
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Got all Wordsworthian seeing recent post from @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social about Lowick Common.
1st extract is from Dorothy's journal of 3 Oct 1800;
2nd is from William's "Resolution & Independence", written 1802, published 1807.
For more info, see: www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reser...
1st extract is from Dorothy's journal of 3 Oct 1800;
2nd is from William's "Resolution & Independence", written 1802, published 1807.
For more info, see: www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reser...
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Sometimes, Curlew nest are so well hidden that even the other local wildlife gets a surprise! 😄
📷 James Wellock
Note: this Curlew nest was fenced off from grazing dairy cows
📷 James Wellock
Note: this Curlew nest was fenced off from grazing dairy cows
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sometimes, Curlew nest are so well hidden that even the other local wildlife gets a surprise! 😄
📷 James Wellock
Note: this Curlew nest was fenced off from grazing dairy cows
📷 James Wellock
Note: this Curlew nest was fenced off from grazing dairy cows
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This is an appalling judgment to read. Two Chief Constables found in contempt of court for misleading the court about the existence of video footage. But this was only discovered when the matter made it to the Court of Appeal. Incredible perseverance.
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
Judges set to decide fate of police chief constable guilty of contempt of court
Exclusive: Ivan Balhatchet, Northamptonshire’s chief constable, could face up to two years in jail or a fine for repeated failure to obey rulings
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is an appalling judgment to read. Two Chief Constables found in contempt of court for misleading the court about the existence of video footage. But this was only discovered when the matter made it to the Court of Appeal. Incredible perseverance.
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
Public observers disillusioned and dismayed by what they see in the Supreme Court. Not what judges hope for from open justice!
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Public observers disillusioned and dismayed by what they see in the Supreme Court. Not what judges hope for from open justice!
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
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Open justice is supposed to enhance public trust + confidence in the justice system - but in this case it had the opposite effect.
What does the Supreme Court need to do differently to make sure COP observers have a better experience next time?
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
What does the Supreme Court need to do differently to make sure COP observers have a better experience next time?
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
When open justice undermines public confidence: Scrutinising the Supreme Court
Justice is not a cloistered virtue; she must be allowed to suffer the scrutiny and respectful, even though outspoken, comments of ordinary men
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Open justice is supposed to enhance public trust + confidence in the justice system - but in this case it had the opposite effect.
What does the Supreme Court need to do differently to make sure COP observers have a better experience next time?
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
What does the Supreme Court need to do differently to make sure COP observers have a better experience next time?
openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/11/10/w...
This is what I'll be doing later today. Why not join us? It's not too late! Send an email to [email protected] and we'll send you the link. All welcome.
Why not observe a hearing in the Court of Protection and learn more about the challenges faced by judges, lawyers, families and P when decision-making capacity is deemed lost. We tell you how to find a hearing, how to log on and what to expect. And we have a "buddy" system if you want support.
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This is what I'll be doing later today. Why not join us? It's not too late! Send an email to [email protected] and we'll send you the link. All welcome.
Reposted by Celia Kitzinger
Why not observe a hearing in the Court of Protection and learn more about the challenges faced by judges, lawyers, families and P when decision-making capacity is deemed lost. We tell you how to find a hearing, how to log on and what to expect. And we have a "buddy" system if you want support.
October 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Why not observe a hearing in the Court of Protection and learn more about the challenges faced by judges, lawyers, families and P when decision-making capacity is deemed lost. We tell you how to find a hearing, how to log on and what to expect. And we have a "buddy" system if you want support.
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Given current watery conditions here in Cumbria, I'm enjoying Hardwicke Rawnsley's account of the Keswick floods of 25 Oct 1888: '...when it siles down reet gaily, every road becomes a sike, and every sike a beck, and every beck a river'. Apparently the sexton of Crosthwaite church was undeterred:
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Given current watery conditions here in Cumbria, I'm enjoying Hardwicke Rawnsley's account of the Keswick floods of 25 Oct 1888: '...when it siles down reet gaily, every road becomes a sike, and every sike a beck, and every beck a river'. Apparently the sexton of Crosthwaite church was undeterred:
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Lady Rose's James Wood Lecture, delivered at the University of Glasgow yesterday: supremecourt.uk/uploads/spee...
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lady Rose's James Wood Lecture, delivered at the University of Glasgow yesterday: supremecourt.uk/uploads/spee...
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The utter disgrace of this.
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year
Older people left in their own excrement and wet beds for hours and forced to watch others die, Age UK report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The utter disgrace of this.
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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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
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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
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Day 2 of the Supreme Court Hearing reconsidering Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Tuesday 21st October
See our website for a summary of Day 1 and details of how to follow on the livestream:
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
See our website for a summary of Day 1 and details of how to follow on the livestream:
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection
Post by @OpenJusticeCoP.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Day 2 of the Supreme Court Hearing reconsidering Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Tuesday 21st October
See our website for a summary of Day 1 and details of how to follow on the livestream:
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
See our website for a summary of Day 1 and details of how to follow on the livestream:
openjusticecourtofprotection.org
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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
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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