MP, Jubilee and a view of my own innards.

Am going to break the blog habit of a lifetime and jump back to the weekend before our trip to Surrey, as described in the previous post.  On 29 May we went to a concert…

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Battleaxe at Box Hill, RHS Wisley, and recommends a lovely hotel

So, off on our travels again, at last. Philosopher’s first stay away since his illness,  at Wotton House Hotel, near Dorking in the depths of Surrey – a lovely old place with beautiful gardens. We…

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Battleaxe is blooming… with what?

Blooms all round. Sorry I have not been writing this as often as I should – am very fixated on writing my novel at the moment. Life Chez Battleaxe is pretty much back to normal…

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Family visit – and Election puzzle…

Hastings Battleaxe’s life continues to get back to normality.  Philosopher is so much better…  A few weeks ago I was afraid we’d never get here, but we have. This weekend we were visited by Philosopher’s…

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Bob Mazzer exhibition, bluebells and booze.

It’s nice to see so many people enjoy a Battleaxe rant (see the last post). It seems to be the case that the appearance of a ranty piece reassures readers that my mental health is…

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