Happy Christmas from Hastings Battleaxe

It’s nearly here! The house is decorated, the presents are wrapped, the cards are sent. Phew. We spent the last couple of days away, on our Birmingham Christmas visit. Tomorrow we have our annual drinkies…

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Gearing up for Christmas with Battleaxe – good news and bad news

Well, you can’t help gearing up, can you? Battleaxe seems to have been constantly on the go since I last posted – Christmas lunches, outings, parties, drinkies do’s, and of course, there is so much…

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London again – Van Gogh, Forsyte Saga and Tirzah Garwood.

Aargh, busy busy… At the beginning of this week we spent two days in London. Spent the night in the Premier Inn in Borough High Street. On the first day we met old friend Shaun…

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Hastings Battleaxe enjoys the Bedgbury Christmas lights with the Mallydams gang

Yes, the annual Christmas light display at the Bedgbury National Pinetum, near Flimwell. Battleaxe joined the Christmas outing for RSPCA Mallydams staff and volunteers.  It was a clear, dry, mild evening, and the experience was…

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Hastings Battleaxe travels to Birmingham in the teeth of Storm Bert…

Why? You may well ask. Ages ago, Battleaxe arranged to go up and meet old colleagues/friends for one of our Castle Vale senior team reunions – we only have them around every five years. Friends…

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