New logo.

Thanks to Marcin for converting my rough doodles to a usable logo.

September meeting (2)

Yesterday's meeting at The Cuddie Brae was another warm dry day (we've definitely been lucky with the weather recently).
Marcin, David, Neil and I worked our way through a nice variety of blends.

I got some good feedback on some of the ideas for logos that I have been working on...I will post a few of them here.

The suggestion of trying a few meetings at The Beehive Inn met with unanimous approval. However, David did warn that they get very busy during the summer.

September meeting (1)

Had a very pleasant evening on Friday at The Beehive Inn with Steve and Kirby (a fellow brother of the briar visiting from Ohio, USA).
We started at the tables at the front, on the pedestrianised bit of The Grassmarket, before moving to the beer garden at the back.
There's a nice selection of seating areas on the multi-level decking. Most of the tables have large umbrellas and a couple of areas have decent looking heaters (might be handy in the winter).

Steve made the very good suggestion that having a more central location might be more attractive to potential members...with the added bonus that there would be no problems with trains if we had a Sunday session.

If there are no objections, I will schedule another meeting, at The Beehive Inn, on Sunday 21st October, from 2.30pm.

Forgot to mention pipes and baccy: Kirby was smoking a very handsome Eric Nording freehand, Steve was smoking his Peterson Donegal with St Bruno Flake and I was smoking Dunhill London Mixture in my restored Dunhill billiard.

Website update.

Edinburgh Pipe Club website is now live!
It's still under construction but the basics are in place. If there's anything you feel needs added/removed please let me know.
A couple of the pages are password protected for club members only.

Blog or Website?

Now that we are regularly getting a decent turnout for meetings (fingers crossed that continues during the winter lol), I'm thinking about "upgrading" to a proper website.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this, or suggestions for a site host?

Update: shortly after posting this question, I went ahead and registered www.edinburghpipeclub.co.uk anyway. The site is currently under construction so if there are any elements or features you'd like to see, please let me know.

New links.

I've added a few more links to the side bar. I think you can only see them on the "full site" rather than the "mobile" view.
To make it easier to find them, have a look for; Askwith Pipes, Invicta Briars, Northern Briars and Tobacco Ratings.

August meeting (2).

Johnny, Steve, Neil and I had another very pleasant afternoon's smoking. Thanks to Johnny for the samples of Cornell &Diehl's After Hours and the Merde de Cheval (which doesn't taste as bad as it's name suggests lol).
Next meeting will be on Saturday 8th September, from 2.30pm, at The Cuddie Brae...hopefully it will stay dry again.
Additionally, I am meeting a fellow piper who's visiting Edinburgh from Ohio for a few days, on the Friday evening, at The Beehive Inn in The Grassmarket. If you're near after 6.30pm come and join us in their beer garden. I will use it as an opportunity to check it as a potential venue.