Opera South-East’s ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Hastings White Rock

Regular Battleaxe readers will know that whenever possible, we go to our ‘local’ Opera South-East productions at the White Rock. Sometimes great – sometimes less so. Last night we enjoyed ourselves at ‘The Magic Flute’…

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An exhausting WI week…. Meetings, Fair, Women going Wild!

OMG what a week. Am absolutely knackered – and all with WI stuff. Believe me, readers, it is not always like this.  Monday was East Sussex Board of Trustees. Tuesday our own committee meeting. Wednesday…

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Goodbye to Cornwall, and the cooler side of Bournemouth

In my last post I wrote about the first part of our holiday, now for the last bit.  We are now back in Hastings, having returned a bit early – the weather was dodgy. We broke…

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Cornwall again…foggy trip via Lyme Regis to Sennen Cove

This time we are staying in a fabulous house in our usual spot, Sennen Cove. It’s the most westerly house on the English mainland.  Had a very foggy drive from Hastings, with an overnight stop-over in Lyme Regis.…

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Hastings Piano Concerto Competition finals – Battleaxe’s chest expands with pride….

Well, it shouldn’t be my chest that is expanding with pride, but those of the organisers and sponsors. But as a Hastinga, one can’t help basking in reflected glory…. we went to both nights of…

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