A visit to Bath and another to the Brede Giants

Last weekend we went down to Bristol to visit Philosopher’s daughter Anna and her partner Gareth. Had an excellent time, including a really good day out in Bath. Then, Monday was yet another bank holiday…

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Battleaxe and a glass hoard somewhere in darkest East Sussex…

Battleaxe is still here, but isn’t telling you where… The place needs to remain a mystery. A hidden, more than slightly dilapidated collection of railway arches, approached down an overgrown path, containing at least 500…

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Hastings Battleaxe sticks close to home

Yes, readers, at home this time, honest! When Battleaxe is here, she’s busy. Well, people will say, she ought to be here more… Take yesterday (Saturday) as an example. Craft Fair, Conquest Friends AGM, and…

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A weekend in Dieppe with Hastings Battleaxe

For concerned readers who worry that we are never at home, we are back now, and apart from a weekend in Bristol, we are here until the end of June, when we go to Turkey.…

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A visit to Stourhead not forgetting Compton Pauncefoot

This post is coming incredibly soon after the previous one, about our visit to Cornwall, because Battleaxe is so busy with other things for the Coronation weekend (not, I assure you, that we are having…

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