Winter contrasts with Hastings Battleaxe

Honestly, hasn’t the weather been strange? Days when we have had some of the most torrential rain I have ever seen, followed by brief interludes of brilliant sun, then back to rain and grey again.…

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What a week – Hastings Battleaxe is exhausted

It started with the Great Funeral Day this time last week, progressed via a visit to Pashley Manor to a day in London to meet my daughter Clara, then a poetry workshop day at Berwick…

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Battleaxe at Conquest Friends Garden Fete at Fairlight Hall

Do you know something? Am realising that maybe I’m not as young as I was. Spent the whole day on Sunday rushing round the gardens at Fairlight Hall as Volunteer Co-ordinator at the Friends Garden…

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Battleaxe bakes at Beachy Head and enjoys the Towner Gallery

Hastings Battleaxe has been very busy the last couple of weeks, and this blog has got a bit behind… I’m going to concentrate on an outing when one of Philosopher’s old students, from Hong Kong,…

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Battleaxe wonders about the Labour Party…

Just had a quick glimpse of the current state of the Labour Party at a local event to elect the parliamentary candidate for this constituency (see previous post for background).  According to the right-wing media…

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