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International Pipe Smoking Day

Happy IPSD folks :-)

A welcome return from Ricardo and a new arrival from Rob helped Marcin, Steve and myself make it a very International evening; England, Poland, Chile and Canada were represented whilst Rob's girlfriend (who did express an interest in trying a pipe next time) made sure we actually had a Scot at the table.

Burn's Night Meeting.

Thanks to Steve and Marcin for braving the weather on Saturday. Terry was probably the smarter one staying home warm and dry! lol

The rain held off for most of the afternoon but when it came back on we definitely needed the awning! The heaters were also greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any Haggis flavoured tobacco so I had to make do with some Mac Baren Scottish Blend, we also had a couple of drams of Highland Park and several pints of Stewart Brewing's Pentland IPA to help toast the bard ;-)

As usual Chris, Ailsa and all their staff at Henrick's were very welcoming...it was particularly nice when Chris said that they consider us "part of the family" now. Looking forward to seeing the plans for the potential alterations to the beer garden; cushions and a new heater sounded especially promising.

First meeting of 2014

Steve, Richard, Marcin and myself had a very enjoyable meeting yesterday despite the cold...the heaters at Henrick's are good but even they were struggling.
However, once we'd all got drinks and our pipes going the weather didn't seem so bad :-)

New Year's Resolutions

Belated Happy New Year and my apologies for not updating the blog regularly.
I will try to be a bit more regular with posting this year.

Third Anniversary!

Our third anniversary will be coming up in November (time flies when you're having fun).

To help mark this, I'd like to organise our first slow smoking competition. This will be organised under CIPC rules but it will still be fun! Everyone will have the same pipe and 3g of the same tobacco. Depending on the weather, we might need to move inside for the preparation and packing stages. Unfortunately, we will have to go back outside for the lighting and actual smoking.
Everyone who enters will keep their competition pipe and there will be prizes! :-)

Edinburgh Pipe Club: Cleaning an "estate" pipe.

Edinburgh Pipe Club: Cleaning an "estate" pipe.

As this is the one post that gets the most traffic, I thought it would be worth highlighting again :-)