Greetings one and all!
I'm Dan, I'm 37 years old and live in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK.
I first became interested in clay pipes when I saw an English Civil war re-enactor smoking one.
Later on, another re-enactor (Napoleonic redcoat this time) that I used to see at events at Cromford Mill regularly smoked a Georgian clay pipe.
This is the pipe I'm posing with in my profile picture (there was no baccy in it as I'd accidentally tipped it out)!
After seeing a few other re-enactors smoking clay pipes, this is when I knew I wanted to smoke one, so when I saw some for sale at Chesterfield flea market in 2018 (after I moved out of my parents' house), I bought a couple.
Now I've got quite a few, although Mum and Dad are looking after them for me, apart from my latest one that I got off eBay from The Pipe Rack.
I've smoked 4 pouches of Condor Ready Rubbed in my latest clay since I received it last week, so I'm giving up the pipe in May to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of a friend who died of cancer 2 years ago:
A VIKING re-enactor called Ragnar the Mighty Warrior, who has died aged 35, was honoured by dozens of fellow enthusiasts today when his funeral was…
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VIKINGS today paid tribute to Ragnar the Mighty Warrior - the Jorvik Viking Centre star who died earlier this year.
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Sadly missed by everyone who ever had the pleasure of meeting him.
Link to fundraising website:
Help Dan Sellers raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support
www.justgiving.com