Jerwood Collection Revealed: Hastings Battleaxe recommends….

     Just a quick up-date. Go and see the ‘Jerwood revealed’ exhibition!       It was actually sunny today, so we went for a prowl round the Old Town before lunch and Jerwood viewing. Great excitement…

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Hastings Pier restoration gets under way

It’s great to see restoration work on the Pier getting started.      For one of her earliest posts, back in February 2012, Battleaxe wrote an impassioned piece about the apparent lack of progress on the…

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Hastings Battleaxe gets a pruning at Fairlight Hall

Went on a Pruning Workshop yesterday, organised by Ore in Bloom, and led by Peter, the Fairlight Hall Head Gardener.       I heard about it via the Women’s Institute. Yvonne, who is in my Book…

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Antiques, vintage shops and galleries in St Leonard’s – a walk with Hastings Battleaxe

St Leonard’s is a browser’s mecca – everything from very upmarket arty galleries to basic junk.      We often take the route described below – it takes about half a day to do it thoroughly. …

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Appledore – Hastings Battleaxe explores Romney Marsh

What a bleak day Sunday was – dark grey clouds, bitter cold wind. Just the day to go for a trip across Romney Marsh. Not a day for walking at Rye Harbour      We didn’t…

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