A Sunny Hastings day…West Hill, old military vehicles, dead Maggie Thatcher…

Sunshine….well there was, honestly – it was there on Sunday. Maggie Thatcher died yesterday – media in a frenzy of overblown adulation, Facebook in a frenzy of overblown loathing. Personally I can’t get worked up…

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Hastings to Bexhill cycle path – cold walks

 Well, the morning sun has streamed through my study window the last couple of days – I had to draw the curtain to keep it out. There have still been frosts, though, and it is…

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Running the Hastings Half-Marathon, Good Friday Passion in Hastings Old Town

Last blog post for this month…..Easter and still no spring weather. Earlier in the week I had to resort to writing a Bombastic Battleaxe post on spaghetti poodles to cheer myself up.      We…

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Cold week – Writers’s Group. Women’s Institute, Winchelsea – and Waitrose.

This post is a bit of a mixture – a busy week in totally depressing weather. Have also developed an unhealthy interest in food. Hard to believe this time last year we were basking in…

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Sennen Cove, Cornwall. We miss Hastings white-out…and family memories

Back from our week in Sennen Cove, Cornwall, with friends from Birmingham Sue and Alex, Anne, Sue and Graham. We go every year, walk, natter, drink and eat far too many enormous meals.      The…

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