Glyndebourne – Don Giovanni

Well, Hastings Battleaxe missed all the celebrations marking the 950th anniversary of the Hastings Battle, but sorry dears, we had booked to go to Glyndebourne, this time to see Don Giovanni. It was part of…

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Portsmouth and Southsea – such an interesting trip.

Early in the summer we spent a few days in Bournemouth, Portsmouth etc. Well, our tickets to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard were valid for a year, so we decided to go back.  We stayed in…

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Hastings Battleaxe marks the end of summer

It is October now. I’ve declared it the end of summer, and worn tights for the first time.  The weather has been wonderful, but has now changed – it is wetter, and of course darker…

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'Clash!' Hastings, Root 1066 Mass Choir event

Well, Anyone who was Anyone in Hastings was at ‘Clash’, including Hastings Battleaxe, the Philosopher and step-son Tom who is staying for the weekend.  The A who were A were either in the (large) audience,…

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Clive Vale Temperance Tea Garden again – corrections. Crazy Golf and lots more…

Guess what? Battleaxe got the location of that wretched Temperance Tea Garden wrong – thanks to local historian Brian Lawes for going to so much trouble to find the information for me. This is all…

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