Pear Tree

Very pleasant afternoon enjoying the sunshine in The Pear Tree's beer garden yesterday.

Steve, Ricardo, Dragos, Marcin and myself worked our way through a nice selection of baccy and several pints of beer.

Alternative venue.

Please note the change of venue for the next meeting (Saturday 27th April).

We will be in the beer garden of The Pear Tree House, from 2.30pm.

Change of venue.

Please note the change of venue for the next meeting (Saturday 27th April). We will be meeting in the beer garden of The Pear Tree House.

We WILL be returning to Henrick's as Chris and Ailsa look after us so well!

Kearvaig Pipe Club

We were recently joined by a couple of gents from the Kearvaig Pipe Club. Steve and Terry were very pleasant company and will be welcome again anytime!
Thanks to Steve for introducing me to Holger Danske Royal Navy Flake...a very nice, light Virginia based flake. Personally, I would put it between Peterson's University Flake and MacBaren's Navy Flake.

Have a look at their website for some great pipesmoking photos...and some beautiful scenery.

Club pipe?

I've been thinking about seeing if we can get a club pipe commissioned. Limited edition, classic shape and hopefully reasonably priced!
Does anyone have any preferences, such as: bent/straight, smooth/rustic?

If we can order about a dozen, Peter Ellam of Invicta Briars has quoted me a very reasonable price on something from his Classic Briar range, let me know if you have any preferences. He will be able to stamp the pipe with "EPC 2013" (giving us the potential to get a new club pipe every year lol).

BPSC2013

Proposed programme and timetable for British Pipe Smoking Championship 2013.
DATE:- Sunday July 21st.
VENUE: Newark and Nottingham Showground.
12.00hrs. Exhibition opens. Registration table opens. 14.00hrs. Registration closes. 15.00hrs. Start of competition. Prize giving shortly after termination of contest.
Cost of entry:- �40.00. ( Entry to exhibition:- Free )
Licensed bar close by: tba
Catering facilities:- to be announced later.
It would be great if we could have a team representing EPC this year, so please contact me asap to register your interest. Numbers for the competition are being limited to 45 so don't leave it too late.

Further details can be found here.

IPSD13

Four of us marked IPSD at Henrick's on Wednesday; Scottish, Polish and English pipe smokers enjoyed baccy from Ireland, Denmark, USA and England in pipes from Guernsey, Italy, France, Ireland and UK...I think that definitely qualifies as "International"!