Christmas shopping insanity – and the real Hastings BattleAxe!

Well, we’ve had Black Friday and today, apparently, it is Cyber Monday when we are all supposed to be buying off the Internet. That Black Friday thing is new to us Brits – just another…

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Dark iClouds over Hastings….the shock of the new?

Making new bits of technological equipment work is far too traumatic.       The beautifully designed shiny new things nestle excitingly in their lovely boxes, but the experience of unpacking them is always overshadowed by a sense…

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Redoubt Fortress, Martello Towers, Writers’ Group, Women’s Institute

We went to Eastbourne and visited the Redoubt Fortress on our way to Waitrose.      Philosopher has bought a book on Martello Towers and it mentioned the fortress, which apparently oversaw all the 74 towers…

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Wet, wet, The Habit of Art at Bexhill, Hastings herring festival

Readers of this blog often say that life in Battleaxe Land seems to be a continuous round of sunny walks and cakes in quaint tea rooms.       Well, not this week, I can tell you.…

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Hastings Half-term, Great Storm? traffic traumas, Brum again….

Last week was grand daughter Eve’s half-term.      On Monday morning we drove up to Beaconsfield Services to collect her from her Dad – yes, I said drove, and yes up the A21, even though…

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