Hastings Battleaxe drives a steam locomotive! Maximum excitement!

And no ordinary steam engine either! A truly massive one. The Bulleid Pacific ‘Sir Keith Park’ 34053 at the Spa Valley Railway in Tunbridge Wells. Just for engine name enthusiasts, it has been renamed ‘303…

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Starting work at Mallydams

Right, I know you’ve wanted to read this! Battleaxe has been to the RSPCA Wildlife Centre at Mallydams twice now, so am just about beginning to get the hang of things – I think it…

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Hastings Battleaxe and the Harpy Houseboat plus a few other things

The Harpy Houseboat? Yes, it is a very fancy and well-appointed vessel (do you call houseboats vessels?) moored up near Tower Bridge. Our old friend Karol (from Lyme Regis) had rented it for a special…

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Hastings Battleaxe gets to Unravel at the Barbican.

Unravel, The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, to give the exhibition its full title. Went up to London with friend Jan, who leads on our WI’s craft activities. I am not, by and…

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Hastings Battleaxe’s annual trip to Cornwall

Our annual trip, with old Brummie friends. I guess ‘old’ is about the size of it now – we are all clocking up the years. Down to Penzance with an overnight stop with yet another…

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