Good and bad Monmouth and Bristol weekend

Now back in Hastings to searing heat. Hot, hot, hot and hotter. Yes, we had a mixed weekend. More good than bad, but we had a terrible day on Friday – totally failed to get…

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Battleaxe lunches in style at St John’s College Cambridge.

We are back from a weekend in Cambridge, where Philosopher went to St John’s College as a young man. Would you believe he started in 1963? Anyway, every so often they arrange lunches for selected…

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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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Hastings Battleaxe goes to Portugal and Spain…

Yes, the familiar routine of a flight to Faro, and a few days with my daughter and family in their rural Portugese village, Sao Marcos da Serra. Have written about it so many times before……

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Getting back to normal with Hastings Battleaxe

Yes, I hope normality will soon be here. Battleaxe is still feeling a bit weak and woozy, but better than I did, and normal activities are resuming. Have even been up to London for a…

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