Redoubt Fortress, Martello Towers, Writers’ Group, Women’s Institute

We went to Eastbourne and visited the Redoubt Fortress on our way to Waitrose.      Philosopher has bought a book on Martello Towers and it mentioned the fortress, which apparently oversaw all the 74 towers…

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Coastal Currents studio visits

Last weekend we went down to view some of the Open Studios for Coastal Currents.      We were surprised how few there were this time – last year there were loads of beach huts…

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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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Hastings Museum and Art Gallery….a night in the Museum. Birthplace of television?

As friends of the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, we get invitations to exhibition openings and private views, so we decided to go to an event along last Friday. I don’t think Battleaxe has ever…

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Rye – shopping with Battleaxe

Never mind all ye olde worlde cobbled streets and ancient stones, what we do in Rye is potter round the shops. Given our tastes, it will be a somewhat eccentric collection mentioned here…..      We…

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