Notable Women of Hastings – Battleaxe on parade…

No, I’m not one of the notable women…. Last night I gave a talk to our WI group on the subject, so thought I would sum it up in this post.  I still am terribly…

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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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