A visit to Stourhead not forgetting Compton Pauncefoot

This post is coming incredibly soon after the previous one, about our visit to Cornwall, because Battleaxe is so busy with other things for the Coronation weekend (not, I assure you, that we are having…

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Hastings Battleaxe enjoys a windy week in Cornwall.

Back to our old Spring routine of a week in Cornwall, staying in the lovely old Myrtle House in Penzance with old friends Sue and Alex and Sue and Graham, from Birmingham. Last year we…

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This, That and the Other with Hastings Battleaxe

The This is a flat white. The That is manic Battleaxe thoughts on issues of the moment, including the Grand National, Starmer, Tories, Trump and other similar horrors. And the Other? An outing where I…

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Back in Hastings… Hello Villa Belvedere!

Villa what? Yes, you heard right… our house has gone a bit pseudo-Italian. You may rightly think it is a bit naff but do you know what? Battleaxe really doesn’t care. We have been back…

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Hastings Battleaxe travels in Portugal and Spain

Just back from 12 days in Portugal and Spain. We started in Faro, then spent a few days with my daughter and her family in their village, Sao Marcos da Serra. Then train up to…

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