Battle – for Battleaxes or Mad Old Bats?

Today the Philosopher and I went to Battle.  Now don’t get me wrong it is a pretty little town, but walking down the High Street makes us feel incredibly young. I know one should be…

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Hunt the Hastings Garden Centre Kitty

It is a fantastic sunny day and the Philosopher is actually outside mowing the lawn – crazy for 6 January,  but I don’t think the grass has stopped growing since the autumn  The scent of…

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We thought it was always sunny at the seaside….

Looking across the valley to the Country Park (we have a house in Harold Road), I see the rain sweeping past the window in great billowing gusts.    The ‘Harold Road Surgery’ sign has blown down…

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Daffodils on 2 January? First in the district?

Went to Rye Harbour for windy walk in the brilliant sun.   Had coffee in the lovely Avocet Gallery.  Love their cakes, love their pictures – expecially the  Annie Soudain linocuts, love the little old dog. …

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Hello Hastings!

We have just moved to Hastings from Birmingham. We arrived on November 18, although the sale of our former home was only completed just before Christmas. We are now living in a temporary house in…

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