Hastings Battleaxe grasps the political nettle…

It’s high time Battleaxe wrote something about the General Election. Yes, I know it is boring but it has to be done. Have been earnestly apolitical for the last few posts but obviously can’t keep…

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Sheffield Park Garden and a crazy tree purchase.

Hastings Battleaxe has never been to Sheffield Park Garden, all the years we have lived down here. We visited recently with our old friend Alison. It is a really beautiful place, with picturesque lakes, and,…

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Battleaxe was in Bristol and loved Arnos Vale Cemetery

This is the second post out of a series of three – the last one covered our trip to Symonds Yat, and this one continues with our travels, down to Bristol. We had a slightly…

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A great few days in Symonds Yat

This is the first of three posts I need to write… Last week we spent time in Symonds Yat, in Herefordshire, including a trip to Monmouth to see my old friend Jackie. The next post…

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Visiting the Long Man of Wilmington and other busy things…

Finally,  The Long Man of Wilmington. Do you remember a few weeks ago Battleaxe and Philosopher set out to visit it but had to turn back because of bad traffic. Well, on Friday we finally…

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