Sarah Raven’s garden revisited – lovely dahlias

Have been insanely busy this past week – I meant to write this days ago, but just no time.  Last week I went with WI friends to Sarah Raven’s garden at Perch Hill near Brightling.…

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Worthy goings-on in Hastings. Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and Hastings Pride

This weekend has been an absolute boiling scorcher – just the time to be advised to shut all doors and windows because of some obscure chemical gas cloud drifting along the coast from Birling Gap.…

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Alma-Tadema at Leighton House – and the Design Museum

A day out in London. First ever visit to the lovely Leighton House in Kensington to see an Alma-Tadema exhibition, and a less satisfactory experience at the Design Museum in what used to be the…

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Garden Centres and Nurseries near Hastings – some new ones

I’ve done two posts about garden centres before. The first one is now quite old, but remains consistently in the most-visited top ten, and the more recent follow-up, is also very popular.  So, for this post,…

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Hastings Battleaxe – A week in the life…..

This time last Sunday we were trundling back on the train from London Cannon Street, having fetched grand daughter (GD) from my daughter, (D) her mother.  Today we are just back from Birmingham, after a…

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