More of Battleaxe’s rural back story… a fatal attraction

Well, our Covid life goes on, doesn’t it?  I said in the previous post about my rural past that I’d do another about a fatal attraction for farmers?  Well, here you are. Now, if anyone…

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Hastings Battleaxe is out and about… pub, new shops…

Am back in the present with a bit of a mixture. How come time goes so quickly at the moment, or is it just me?  As from 4 July we were allowed out to visit…

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Hastings Battleaxe retreats into her rural past….

This week, Battleaxe is leaving this dreadful present behind and retreating to her rural past. Recently… (when…all the weeks run together) on a walk round Winchelsea, we met a young farmer moving his newly-sheared sheep…

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Coronaworld is sordid – but Hastings Battleaxe counts her blessings

Yes, this week has shown the Great British Public at its worst, and most sordid. The heatwave led to literally millions of people cramming onto beaches around the UK, having public brawls, illegal raves, drunken…

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Hastings Battleaxe has the Covid test experience

Well, you didn’t expect Battleaxe to go through this pandemic and not get personally involved, did you?  Of course not.  So, I’ve now had an actual Covid test – result negative, I’ll say at the…

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