Battleaxe goes overland to Berlin

Berlin – TV tower Euro-jaunt: through France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany to visit Tom in Hannover, then to Berlin….      Got back to find that in our absence a seagull built a nest right outside…

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Spring lovelies…..Pashley Manor tulips

First bluebells of 2013 – Eastbourne, 1 May Busy week.      Had a good couple of days with Sue and Anne from Birmingham – a fine, sunny day walking on Beachy Head, after ride up…

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Jerwood Gallery Hastings: William Scott – at last, an exhibition that Battleaxe likes!

What a fabulous bright day today. Flawless, crystal-bright blue sky. We visited the new William Scott exhibition at the Jerwood.       Called ‘Divided Figure’ it focuses on his drawings and paintings of the female form.…

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Hastings Museum and Art Gallery….a night in the Museum. Birthplace of television?

As friends of the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, we get invitations to exhibition openings and private views, so we decided to go to an event along last Friday. I don’t think Battleaxe has ever…

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Rye – shopping with Battleaxe

Never mind all ye olde worlde cobbled streets and ancient stones, what we do in Rye is potter round the shops. Given our tastes, it will be a somewhat eccentric collection mentioned here…..      We…

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