Seeing Hastings through different eyes

Well, we deserved a rest after all that rushing about the country, and for the past ten days we have been having a quieter time back in Hastings. Some of that time it was so…

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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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Hastings Battleaxe blows hot and cold.

Last week, it was certainly hot… unbelievably hot. Battleaxe and Philosopher didn’t even go outside, despite the fact we have a lovely new all-covering sun umbrella/canopy in the back garden. It was too hot to…

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Hastings Battleaxe pops up to Morecambe

Nothing about politics today, thank goodnes. Popping up to Morecambe – all the way up in Lancashire? Nearly at the Lake District? Really? We visited the town in September 2025, as part of our great…

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