New Year’s wishes for Hastings – and 3rd Blogiversary

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL BATTLEAXE READERS! Hastings Battleaxe is three years old today, and shows no signs of flagging.       People ask me why I keep blogging. I guess because it is a writing…

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Hastings Battleaxe celebrates – Christmas cards

Let’s hope everyone has a happy and peaceful Christmas! This post is a bit late.  We have been very busy, up in Birmingham the last few days, seeing family and friends.     I have…

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Gray's Emporium Tearoom, St Leonard's, and some pre-Christmas browsing.

Well, am out and about again, browsing round St Leonard’s, the town centre, and the Old Town. Pity I missed both the St Leonard’s FrostFair and the Old Town Christmas shopping day.      It was…

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Rye Harbour – nature, walks and lovely cakes!

I’ve never done a proper post about Rye Harbour. It is one of our favourite places – so open, with amazing views of skies and water.  Rye Harbour – space…..      Saturday was a sunny,…

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View from The Conquest Hospital, Hastings

Well, not much view, actually. My room overlooks an inner courtyard. While the ward bays have lovely views down over a lake, Battleaxe, oh luxury, has a room on her own. I’m spending a week…

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