Hastings Battleaxe and Jack in the Green – our WI delivers the goods!

As ever, I feel really proud of our Hastings Ore WI gang. On the hottest May Bank Holiday on record, yet again we made sure that the Jack in the Green revellers had access to…

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Hastings Battleaxe enjoys a bright day in Winchelsea. Lovely gardens

Yesterday was a rare bright sunny day – it has been unseasonably cold and miserable after a few good days when we were away in Yorkshire.  Battleaxe went on a WI garden visit to Winchelsea.…

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A sad week for Battleaxe – she de-platforms herself…..

Last week, Battleaxe had a bad week.  Firstly, I got into trouble about the last blog post, about the WI. Next, I supposedly made a culturally-insensitive boo boo at the WI Annual Meeting and got…

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A busy WI week…. Hastings Battleaxe has a rant….

Phew, tiring week – and would you believe my achilles tendon is bad again – too much walking too soon.  I was over at Hailsham for a East Sussex WI Federation Board of Trustees meeting…

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Hastings Battleaxe reads her poems – a bit scary

Hastings Battleaxe has done poetry readings on two occasions recently: at the WI Literary Lunch, and at a combined choir/music poetry concert at St Clement’s Church in Hastings Old Town. It surprises me a bit…

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