Tenterden – nice shops on a damp day

Tenterden is excellent for a Saturday morning browse, with a good selection of shops and eateries, and of course, not forgetting Waitrose.  The High Street is just the right length for a leisurely up-and-back, with…

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Hastings – Cliff Lifts and Miniature Railways

I just read on Facebook that Hastings Miniature Railway is taking over the Alexandra Park Miniature Railway. Battleaxe loves things like that. It sounds the most horrendously nerdy confession, but part of the attraction of…

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‘Saul’ at Glyndebourne – an utterly mesmerising experience

Earlier in the week, we went to Glyndebourne, to see Handel’s Saul with our old friends Bob and Alison.     You may think that I had been called in to stand in for one of…

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Kino Teatr, St Leonard’s – a great night out

We decided that this, our first full-length night out since my operation, was our belated wedding anniversary outing. We very much enjoyed a meal plus a film at the new Kino Teatr in  Norman Road,…

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Bratby Selection Day at the Jerwood – our pictures take part!

‘Everything but the Kitchen Sink including the kitchen sink’. That’s the title of the forthcoming John Bratby exhibition at the Jerwood, coming in January 2016. They invited people to submit their own Bratbys for the…

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