RIP poor badger… many more of them in the garden

Yesterday morning we ran over and killed a badger. Badgers are much on our minds at the moment – our garden, and the gardens of our neighbours, are being over-run…  The sad fatality happened when…

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Battleaxe blinded by bluebells and Blues – and technology!

Well, as you can see, Hastings Battleaxe is in the middle of getting a new look. I thought it was time I updated the appearance of the blog – it hasn’t changed in five years,…

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Battleaxe struggles with smugglers.

Well, not literally. For the next Stanza poetry meeting, Smugglers is the suggested theme. We don’t necessarily have to follow the suggestion, but this time is slightly different.  I don’t know the exact details, but…

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Hastings Jack in the Green again – Battleaxe exhausted!

My, the year goes quickly!  Time, again, for our WI Jack in the Green Refreshment Room upstairs in the Jenny Lind on the May Day Bank Holiday, the day of the great Hastings Jack parade.…

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Battleaxe sighs over election horrors, Rye Harbour with avocets and creepy caterpillars

Sighing is about the size of it. A General Election on 8 June….. It is still freakishly dry, and the garden is like concrete.  But, to lighten the mood, some wild life pictures from Rye…

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