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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Sunny days and sad days with Hastings Battleaxe

Still have not quite gone to Sicily… Every day I anxiously check the Catania Airport update, and so far, touch all possible wood, it is open. Etna is still busily steaming away though…  But Battleaxe…

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Hastings Battleaxe has a bookish time…

Very bookish. Had a stall at the Hastings Book Festival Book Fair on Saturday, and did a WI book talk in Eastbourne on Monday. The two novels are currently selling slowly but steadily, and Battleaxe…

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