Hastings Battleaxe goes to the Courtauld Gallery – and other things

Well, in addition to looking at the art at the Courtauld Gallery, including the Monet in London exhibition, Battleaxe has done other things as well. Went to London twice this week, in fact. Both times…

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And Battleaxe thought last week was bad? But there have been some better moments

And Battleaxe thought last week was bad? Well, hold my beer. Tuesday 5 November was one of the worst days for the world in my lifetime. You know only too well what it was –…

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Hastings Battleaxe goes to Chichester – again

Yes, we often go to Chichester, and last week we went again. It was our wedding anniversary on Friday… We stayed in our usual place, trawled the shops and went to a first-class exhibition at…

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Battleaxe revisits Southsea and Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

OK, so it wasn’t quite as idyllic as last year (see this post) because the weather wasn’t fine and sunny, but nevertheless we had a very good time. Started off with a night in the…

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A visit to the Crossness Engines

Yes, on Sunday Hastings Battleaxe was off again, this time to the Crossness Engines in Abbey Wood, down towards the Thames estuary. Described as  ‘A Cathedral on the Marsh’, the Crossness Pumping Station, built in…

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