Battleaxe has a stressful day in London…

Firstly, round here, Sussex is shrivelling up… the dreaded Southern Water has imposed a hosepipe ban in Hampshire already – but why not here? It must happen any day.  Yesterday we went for a walk…

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Hot hot and hotter… Tories self-immolate

Yeah well, Europe burns (literally) in record climate-change created heat, and our country is totally ungoverned as the Tories go even more rogue than usual, aided and abetted by the right-wing press. Who cares which…

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Family visit – and Election puzzle…

Hastings Battleaxe’s life continues to get back to normality.  Philosopher is so much better…  A few weeks ago I was afraid we’d never get here, but we have. This weekend we were visited by Philosopher’s…

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Light at the end of the tunnel…

Well, that only applies to this personal tunnel. I don’t think it is an approaching train, touch wood. Philosopher is getting slowly and steadily better. His appetite has improved, his wound is healed, and he…

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Pandemic, storms and now war…

Oh for goodness sake, what now. Round here, we are just about back in order after the recent storms, although some poor sods are still without power after all this time. Taking a wider perspective,…

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