On we go… Hastings Battleaxe thaws out.

On we go indeed.  In my last post I spoke scathingly about the Beast from the East appearing as the Kitten from Thames Ditton, but of course, I spoke too soon.  Last week was, apparently,…

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Hastings Battleaxe recommends Vienna

Just got back yesterday after a lovely few days – even the weather did its best. An excellent hotel, good value and very convenient, and some great things to see… we didn’t do the half…

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Cirali,Turkey… Battleaxe is too hot to think….

The weather here in Cirali, Turkey is strange just now…. I gather they have just had record rain back in Hastings….and are now heading for record heat. This is our second week here, and last…

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Around Santiago de Compostela – Spanish Road Trip Part 2

This post follows on from the previous post – the first stages of our trip. We then spent four days in Santiago de Compostela, getting to know the city, and a day travelling out to…

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Road trip through Northern Spain…. Part one

No, we were not doing the Camino to Santiago de Compostella, though at times it felt like it, there were so many pilgrims everywhere.  We did a road trip through Northern Spain, with the car,…

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