Battleaxe does Dover and has now Come Home…

Yes, our holiday is now thoroughly over, after our final trip to Dover. We enjoyed it, but it was a bit of a mixed bag.  Come home? Spare us. Despite Battleaxe half-hoping that England will…

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Pashley Manor with Hastings Battleaxe

Blimey, you may ask, have those two nothing better to do than yomp round local gardens?  This is the third post in the last few weeks.  But why not? Spring is here, the weather is…

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Hole Park bluebells – a chilly visit!

Well, I said I’d do another post soon after the last one, about our visit to the Hole Park bluebells, so here it is.  Would you believe it as soon as we got there the…

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A sunny morning in Folkestone with Hastings Battleaxe

As promised in the last post about The Grand, here are some more sunny pictures of Folkestone, taken on a lovely walk along the harbour.  Folkestone is a bit like Hastings – a mixture of…

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Hastings Battleaxe recommends: The Grand in Folkestone

Battleaxe readers will know that she is a great fan of faded grandeur hotels – Philosopher may be less so, but he tags along happily enough. I have had the Grand in Folkestone in my…

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