Steph Gaunt ✍️

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New, hopefully gentler, second home of the #HastingsBattleaxe.
Ranty Tory-hating blogger. Loves life and learning. Old wise warrior woman living in #Hastings. Ex-Brummie. Trying to be a #poet #poetry. Grandmother to #autistic person. Married to the #Philosopher. Cancer survivor. #books, #art, #history, #walks, #animals #vintageclothes #nature #cats. Building a community of leftish people who have other interests as well as #politics. Wokeish. #FBPE #FBPAhttps://www.hastingsbattleaxe.com

My second cosy crime novel, ‘Death is a Desirable Property’ is available from Amazon, either as a Kindle download or a paperback. I’m very excited!

The two inept investigators, Caroline and Olga are back, but as before, are sucked into endless distractions and obstacles before finally finding the killer… Caroline finds love, and Olga is lured into the pursuit of a dangerois organised crime group.

Here’s the Amazon link:

https://amzn.eu/d/08OCeZtJ

If you enjoy the book, leave me a review!

#HastingsBattleaxe writes about a trip to #Southsea and #Ventnor, #IsleofWight. Dodgy weather, giving wonderful cloudscapes, and did all sorts of interesting things. https://www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2024/09/battleaxe-revisits-southsea-and-ventnor-isle-of-wight.html
Battleaxe revisits Southsea and Ventnor, Isle of Wight. - Hastings Battleaxe

OK, so it wasn’t quite as idyllic as last year (see this post) because the weather wasn’t fine and sunny, but nevertheless we had a very good time. Started off with a night in the…

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It’s #Caterday and breakfast in bed…
Here’s #HastingsBattleaxe on her new role as a volunteer wildlife care assistant at RSPCA Mallydams Wildlife Centre in #Hastings:
https://www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2024/08/starting-work-at-mallydams.html
Starting work at Mallydams - Hastings Battleaxe

Right, I know you’ve wanted to read this! Battleaxe has been to the RSPCA Wildlife Centre at Mallydams twice now, so am just about beginning to get the hang of things – I think it…

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Don’t know where this came from, but I liked it…
Preparing for the Xodus? Battleaxe considers social media - Hastings Battleaxe

Battleaxe hadn’t intended this post to be about boring old social media, but, dear readers, I have to get this blog shared onto the platforms that you, the readers use. I know some of you…

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Wonderful 1930s underground car park in #Hastings designed by Sidney Little the ‘concrete king’.
Digby enjoys a brief interlude of sun…
A sunny morning in St Leonards and other things - Hastings Battleaxe

Well, first, some positives. A sunny morning, so we went for one of our favourite short walks around St Leonards – shops, galleries, architecture, gardens and flowers, sea… Have written about it before but will…

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Hastings Battleaxe hopes for Spring and enjoyed her tea. - Hastings Battleaxe

Today is the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and the situation shows no signs of being resolved. It has actually got worse – on-going destruction and  misery for the Ukrainian people,…

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