Battleaxe was in Bristol and loved Arnos Vale Cemetery

This is the second post out of a series of three – the last one covered our trip to Symonds Yat, and this one continues with our travels, down to Bristol. We had a slightly…

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What a week – Hastings Battleaxe is exhausted

It started with the Great Funeral Day this time last week, progressed via a visit to Pashley Manor to a day in London to meet my daughter Clara, then a poetry workshop day at Berwick…

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Hastings Battleaxe’s ‘Summer Progress’

Got home earlier this week. I use the term ‘Summer Progress’ on the suggestion of my friend Sue M – theoretically it was a holiday, but in fact we spent a week on tour in…

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Battleaxe in Bristol – enjoyed the SS Great Britain

A couple of days in Bristol, visiting Anna and Gareth – a general catch-up plus a visit to the new house they are buying.  The highlight for me was visiting the SS Great Britain –…

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Bristol – a watery sort of trip

Down to Bristol again this weekend to stay with Anna and Gareth.  Watery in the sense that for the first time in weeks we might have had to encounter rain, and involving a boat trip…

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