A busy WI book week for Hastings Battleaxe

Two WI book talks, but have been doing other things as well. Lunch with friends Jill and Ros at a new restaurant, and it was the fifteenth birthday of our WI, so gave a little…

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Racing for Life and WI book talk

Last Sunday Battleaxe joined her WI colleagues for the Cancer Research Race for Life in  Alexandra Park. I realise that we have been doing this as a WI for ten years – have the medals…

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Hot weather in Hastings

One of the hottest May weekends ever, Battleaxe understands. Have had a quietish time since we got back from Morecambe. With the exception of one very wet day on Tuesday, when I was supposed to…

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National Treasure reaches 100 while country drifts towards fascism…

Not a great day for our country. It is poignant that on the very day that David Attenborough reaches 100, we are getting news  of massive swings to Reform in the local elections. I will…

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A floral few days with Hastings Battleaxe

A floral few days? Sounds idyllic… Battleaxe wishes life was actually like that. But the world is in flames, old Starmer is still on the ropes, day after day, battling with the stupid Mandelson nonsense,…

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