Hastings Battleaxe goes to Portugal

First time abroad for two years – in February 2020 we went to Vienna – seems like a lifetime ago, but last week Hastings Battleaxe and Philosopher went to Portugal. Daughter C and family are…

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Battleaxe explores a different bit of St Leonard’s – but is lying low

Lying low because we plan to go abroad shortly – a few days in Portugal. We’ve just heard that pre-flght tests have been scrapped, so that is one worry less, but we  don’t want to…

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Keeping on blogging with the Battleaxe

Well, last week’s effort clearly appealed, but not to everyone. Maybe some felt I was going too far… But how can fiction surpass the ridiculousness of current reality? Anyway, just to say that I got…

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Message from Johnson to Putin via Hastings Battleaxe…

Well, many of you say you like Battleaxe’s political ranty posts better than anything else, so here’s a dodgy-looking leek I found at the bottom of the vegetable tray. Eat your heart out, Dom… Oh,…

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Beginning of the End? Or End of the Beginning?

Well, I’d delayed writing this because on Saturday we were due to have our first day in London for ages – and guess what? No trains! Oops – deja vu – see last post…  We…

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