Tunbridge Wells day out and Fairlight Hall piano recital.

Battleaxe never likes trying on clothes in winter, when she is muffled up like a Babushka in thick jumpers, wooly tights, big boots, quilted coat, hat and scarf, but sometimes it Has To be Done.…

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Wet, wet, The Habit of Art at Bexhill, Hastings herring festival

Readers of this blog often say that life in Battleaxe Land seems to be a continuous round of sunny walks and cakes in quaint tea rooms.       Well, not this week, I can tell you.…

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Back to Hastings – life resumes. Fruit, fat cats and fat coats

Well, here we are, back again…..in still sunny Hastings.       Usual grim journey back from Turkey. Ishan, our landlord, had thrust a huge bag of fruit from the orchard Turkish fruit mountain into my hands…

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Granny Battleaxe: Camber Sands on a windy day and other stories….

We have grand daughter staying for a few days….  as usual, we planned an outing to Camber Sands, one of her favourite places – she loves the huge wide space, and playing in the dunes. …

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Summer stuff, friends, Battleaxe Birthday, Towner etc.

So, back in from the garden – what else has been going on?      Busy… I have just about finished the Hastings Writers’ Group website, and very good it looks. Am now working to get…

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