Hastings Battleaxe marks the end of summer
It is October now. I’ve declared it the end of summer, and worn tights for the first time. The weather has been wonderful, but has now changed – it is wetter, and of course darker…
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It is October now. I’ve declared it the end of summer, and worn tights for the first time. The weather has been wonderful, but has now changed – it is wetter, and of course darker…
View PostWell, Anyone who was Anyone in Hastings was at ‘Clash’, including Hastings Battleaxe, the Philosopher and step-son Tom who is staying for the weekend. The A who were A were either in the (large) audience,…
View PostGuess what? Battleaxe got the location of that wretched Temperance Tea Garden wrong – thanks to local historian Brian Lawes for going to so much trouble to find the information for me. This is all…
View PostHastings has a wonderful Victorian cemetery. Covering 87 acres, it was opened in 1856, and its position on the Ridge gives fantastic views over the surrounding countryside and the sea, as far as Rye. We…
View PostWe went on a trip to Knole, mostly chosen as a half-way point to meet step-daughter Anna and her partner Gareth. Despite living quite near Sevenoaks, and passing within a mile of Knole on the…
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