@Briarcutter Got to look the part! Looking forward to the Viking event at Cromford Mill in August; I've told Jason the blacksmith I'll have my clay pipe ready for him to light from the forge
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Pipe Force Episode IV in an old Ashton pebble grain Canadian. 
Chenet’s cake in a Manduela facet blasted bulldog with petrol color vulcanite stem and mammoth accent.
Wish I could go have a pint and a smoke with you! Sounds like a lot of fun!
Passing the half way mark of this bowl of pre-2014 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Watching Mad Dog Russo while this bowl lasts. Then, if there's no rain, I'll go walking. If there's rain, I'll watch the rest of the Dog before the Yankees-Twins game starts.
Iwan Ries’es 3 Star Cordial Cherry in Rattray’s Goblin.
Yesterday, I smoked two bowls of Boswell Best from 2009 out of a cob. Opened it for the 1st time since it was sealed in 2009. It was still sealed tightly. I sense a bit more richness from the Virginia and simply a bit more richness overall. It's nice but not the same. The vanilla topping that I always enjoyed is now just a whisper of itself and hard to detect.
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In love with my new L'Anatra Gigante. This beefy boy takes a fistful of tobacco for a long smoke! Will have trouble resting it in this honeymoon period 
Country Squire Bills blend in a Stanwell 2nd. Morning espresso 
@Speak Easy It would be great! A shame we're so far apart - I get a bit sad & lonely and never got over my rejection by Swords of Mercia. Looking for 1 to 1 sword training and would be prepared to pay. I can get to watch living history re-enactment but taking part is much more difficult:-(
@PipeWI Do you think I should get a GIANT clay pipe? I'd like to find out how much they hold & how long it would take to smokeIn love with my new L'Anatra Gigante. This beefy boy takes a fistful of tobacco for a long smoke! Will have trouble resting it in this honeymoon period
It would burn all my leaf though...
Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.
Keep looking! I guarantee there’s someone willing to train. Until you find that person, I bet there’s a YouTube video or an online source. Not the same but would be a start.
Just finishing off a bowl of Kajun Kake in the little meer. (280th bowl to be exact)
@Speak Easy Yes I've been watching YouTube videos and giving the sword moves a try out on Merrylegs (my sword training knight). I often feel bored, sad & lonely and I don't like this:-(
I can get that way too. Always keep putting one foot in front of the other, tomorrow is another chance for great things, even the small things like enjoying your clay pipes and fantastic tobacco. You’re always welcome to reach out and talk to me!
Penny Farthing in a no name eagle claw meer. 
@Speak Easy I'd like to get into living history re-enactment; a shame we're so far apart is it would be fun to smoke our identical clays together
(And not get lonely).
No rain, so I did a set of walking reps, and have about a quarter of a bowl left of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Watched all of Mad Dog Russo's show, and am watching the Yankees-Twins game.
The two orange tabbies who were adopted are enjoying their new home. They play with each other as always and snooze when they are done. I am so glad they have a good home.
The two orange tabbies who were adopted are enjoying their new home. They play with each other as always and snooze when they are done. I am so glad they have a good home.
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