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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Granny stuff – and spring has sprung

Was on Granny duty most of last week – hard work as ever. Battleaxe feels really tired. The week before I had a trip to London – met old friend Diana, then Philosopher came up…

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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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