A Sunday morning walk in Hastings

Sometimes Battleaxe forgets she lives in Hastings, by the sea. Life is so busy these days, it is easy to miss out the pleasure of just ambling around… On Sunday we did just that. Started…

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Catching up via Caroline Lucas and creative writing frenzy…

Sorry, there’s been a bit of a gap since the last post. As you can imagine, the boost to my writing confidence led to an up-surge of creative activity. A Battleaxe can only manage a…

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Battleaxe the writer gets a boost!

Yes, this is the second big excitement mentioned in the previous post. Was mentally and physically wrung out after the train driving experience, and slept really badly on Saturday night. On Sunday I had a…

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Hastings Battleaxe drives a steam locomotive! Maximum excitement!

And no ordinary steam engine either! A truly massive one. The Bulleid Pacific ‘Sir Keith Park’ 34053 at the Spa Valley Railway in Tunbridge Wells. Just for engine name enthusiasts, it has been renamed ‘303…

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Battleaxe revisits Southsea and Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

OK, so it wasn’t quite as idyllic as last year (see this post) because the weather wasn’t fine and sunny, but nevertheless we had a very good time. Started off with a night in the…

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