Hastings Battleaxe looks back at visiting the V & A East Storehouse

Just realised I have never written about a very good day we had visiting the V & A East Storehouse in the Olympic Park, Stratford, East London, in late September. You may remember that Battleaxe…

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Broadband outage, beach washed away at Pett Level and the old Queen’s clothes

I haven’t posted for over two weeks – On 23 October there was a big storm, and it knocked out the wires carrying our internet and landline, provided by Sky. Would you believe we have…

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Battleaxe feels as if this month is lost

Would you believe it is 21 October already? Battleaxe doesn’t feel as if she has done anything useful this month. What do you mean you silly woman? You have been to Sicily and back. Yes…

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Our holiday in Sicily was a bit of a curate’s egg…

A curate’s egg? Some parts of it were good, some bits less so… As you will know from the last post, we lost a whole week, due to Etna eruptions, all very sad. We ended…

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An unexpected week at home for Hastings Battleaxe

Surely that’s not Sicily, it’s Pett Level – and on a dull, grey, day? Sadly, you are right. We ended up back here for another week. My worst fears about Mount Etna were realised. The…

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