Hastings Battleaxe is blown into into the New Year

Blown into the New Year? I’ll say. Yesterday afternoon we went down to the beach during a brief respite from the rain but braved a wild gale – could have been up to 70mph. Have…

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After three weeks, Hastings Battleaxe writes about three events

Yes, it’s over three weeks since Battleaxe wrote. Excuses? I have plenty. I’ve been unwell pretty much since we came back from Vienna. Better now, thank goodness. Secondly, my novel. It is finished, and have…

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Contrasts at Rye Harbour, three generations of Battleaxes.

Busy busy busy as usual. This post covers two different, contrasting visits to Rye Harbour, a trip over here from Portugal for daughter and grand daughter, and various other things, including an ideologically conflicted trip…

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Hastings Battleaxe enjoys a windy week in Cornwall.

Back to our old Spring routine of a week in Cornwall, staying in the lovely old Myrtle House in Penzance with old friends Sue and Alex and Sue and Graham, from Birmingham. Last year we…

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Back in Hastings… Hello Villa Belvedere!

Villa what? Yes, you heard right… our house has gone a bit pseudo-Italian. You may rightly think it is a bit naff but do you know what? Battleaxe really doesn’t care. We have been back…

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