Byzantium Review and other stuff

There is still time to catch Byzantium in Hastings! We went down to the Odeon on Friday night. I must have had the seat with the stickiest patch of carpet in the entire cinema –…

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A day-trip… to Waitrose

Yes, I know, this sounds really sad, but believe me, it isn’t. What are we to do if the nearest Waitrose is 20 miles away? A lovely sunny day, too.  First, we drove over to…

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Senior screen, pink azaleas, badger cull and too much cake!

     Not the best week really.  Weather was lovely last Sunday and Monday, and we did lots of gardening, but it has been dull, cold, wet and grey since.  I have had sinus trouble –…

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Hastings Old Town Open Gardens, garlic in Alexandra Park, and Havelock pub tiles

A nice couple of days doing local things last week.  Open Old Town Gardens were first.  There weren’t that many – a few along Tackleway, and the garden of the Old Rectory B and B…

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Trans-seasonal dressing, Lifelong Learning, trugs…and fungus

Should Battleaxe be a fashion blogger?  No time really. Too busy with the WI, Writers’ Group, having friends to stay….      Of all the posts I’ve written on my other blog, Bombastic Battleaxe, by far…

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