Hastings Battleaxe is visited by friends and relatives

Last week was dominated by two visitations – one from our old Friends Sue and Alex from Birmingham, and secondly from step-son Tom, from Santiago de Compostela, in Spain. The weather, for once, co-operated. Sue…

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Hastings Battleaxe clocks up another year

Yes, it was my birthday on Tuesday! On Monday, hurrah, our garden was finally finished. Wednesday, went up to London with some WI chums to see the Andy Warhol textiles exhibition at the Fashion and…

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Barefoot Opera and then Elijah with the Hastings Philharmonic

This post is going to focus entirely on two musical events which Philosopher and Battleaxe went to last week. Firstly, Rossini’s  La Cenerentola (Cinderella) with Barefoot Opera, and a performance of Mendelessohn’s Elijah at the…

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Did that holiday really happen?

I suppose it must have done.  I keep on seeing the horror stories on the media about heat and fires all around the Mediterranean, but here in Hastings, right now, it is cold, windy and…

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Hastings Battleaxe enjoys Turkey – yet again!

Well, here we are, back home after teo weeks away… We had dreadful trouble getting out to Turkey, with a cancelled flight. But overall, a lovely, peaceful time at the familiar Yavuz Bungalows in Cirali,…

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