Clive Vale Temperance Tea Gardens – update

The last post, about our walk to the Country Park, proved to be extraordinarily popular – in less than one week it has rocketed to be one of the most viewed Battleaxe posts ever.  I…

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A walk to Hastings Country Park

From our house, we can walk up to, and through, the Hastings Country Park. You can see that it was a perfect walking morning, so we went for a five mile circuit, planning to break…

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Circus on the Pier – Battleaxe’s birthday!

Very quick post – it was my birthday yesterday – have got more excitements tonight, so for a low-key treat, we decided to go to the Circus on Hastings Pier.  I got some great birthday…

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Cruising the River Rother with plenty of champagne…

Just been on a really lovely evening boat trip on the Rother, from Bodiam Boating Station at Newenden Bridge down past Iden Lock nearly to Rye. Battleaxe would recommend! A perfect summer evening     It…

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Hastings Battleaxe basks in the sun

July has gone so quickly…. it has been beautiful weather, and I have missed blogging about all sorts of sunny outings……… High Beeches Gardens near Haywards Heath, King John’s Lodge in Etchingham, eating on the…

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