Isle of Wight 2 – Ryde, Seaview, Shanklin, Cowes and red squirrels

This is the second post about our lovely trip to the Isle of Wight. Not as long as the first – here is the link to that post.  Here’s about more places we visited, and…

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Hastings Battleaxe explores the Isle of Wight – Part 1

Well, what a fantastic break on the Isle of Wight.  Weather was fabulous, we had the most brilliant little house in East Cowes, and saw so many interesting places and things.  If you like quirky,…

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Dazzling day at Fairlight in the Country Park

September can give us some dazzlingly beautiful days. We are currently enjoying a spell of lovely weather. The other day, Philosopher and I went up to the Hastings Country Park. It lifted our hearts… and…

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Hastings Battleaxe recommends the Winchelsea Cellars tour

All this time in Hastings, and we’ve never been to the Winchelsea Cellars before. One advantage of having friends to stay is that you do some of these ‘touristy’ things. Our one-time neighbour Bill was…

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Coastal Currents and other excitements….

Last week our old friends Sue and Alex came down from Birmingham for a few days.  We did lots of walking, enjoyed the Barefoot Opera ‘Carmen’ on Saturday night, and visited some Coastal Currents Open…

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