The first Bishop of Lisbon was an English Crusader monk called Gilbert of Hastings, back in 1147. I can find little about him except that he was born in Hastings. Unfortunately we forgot to look…
View PostOn Saturday a brief window of bright sunny weather opened in the morning, so we jumped through it and headed out to Brede – the restored steam engines at the old Waterworks only operate on…
View PostJust a quick up-date. Go and see the ‘Jerwood revealed’ exhibition! It was actually sunny today, so we went for a prowl round the Old Town before lunch and Jerwood viewing. Great excitement…
View PostIt’s great to see restoration work on the Pier getting started. For one of her earliest posts, back in February 2012, Battleaxe wrote an impassioned piece about the apparent lack of progress on the…
View PostWent on a Pruning Workshop yesterday, organised by Ore in Bloom, and led by Peter, the Fairlight Hall Head Gardener. I heard about it via the Women’s Institute. Yvonne, who is in my Book…
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