Smoking now with. PS-403 - Luxury Bullseye Flake in corn cob Diplomat bent. And a mug vermouth with slice orange and ice................
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Good evening All
A bowl of Revor Plug in a TomPipes Billiard. Looking onto the River Tweed between Boleside and Abbotsford historic home of Sir Walter Scott. Rain not far away and we need it, river is very low.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
A bowl of Revor Plug in a TomPipes Billiard. Looking onto the River Tweed between Boleside and Abbotsford historic home of Sir Walter Scott. Rain not far away and we need it, river is very low.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
Looks like Wamba and Gurth could be just inside the wood line
Now smoking Watch City Blue Ridge Special in a dark brown smooth straight post-WW2 LHS Certified Purex 70 bulldog with a nickel ferrule and tenon with a black vulcanite saddle stem. First time smoking this estate pipe I finished cleaning last night.
Charlie718, are you still there? About using cigar leaf, I certainly don't find it needs much drying out, but I have had it for maybe five years as a condiment. My memory is that it shipped fairly dry. You might want to rub it out a bit, since it comes in longer pieces and might not mix well without breaking that down a little. Mostly, it smokes fine and adds a nice "colorful" flavor. It's not a cigar in a pipe, but its adds good taste.
MB Golden Brown Burley in a Kaywoodie Natural Burl, really enjoy this, comfort smoke with a cup of LaLlave, cream, two sugars.
@Jacob74 aye very probably mate ? The Cat Trail or Pict Trail isn’t far away from here as is Wallace’s Trench. History oozes out of the very land here. The most fought over border between any countries in Europe.Looks like Wamba and Gurth could be just inside the wood line
Thanks for your comment ?
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
@mso489 thank you for the reply, I’ll try adding some to a few of the blends I didn’t care for before I try enhancing a blend I do like lol.
Pre dinner smoke of Jupiter in a 1922 Masta Patent Pipe with a Birmingham hallmarked silver band. For after dinner I have some Old Dominian in its bent twin. 
@Ettrick puffer I've been walking in the Peak District today; glad I got home before the rain came!
I went to Bakewell, got a bus to Monsal head (too early for the pub!) and walked back to Bakewell along the disused railway line that once carried express trains between London St. Pancras and Manchester Central, including the upmarket Midland Pullman in the 1960s.
Is it correct that the Borders Railway is in your region?
At present it only runs between Edinburgh and Galashiels but the problem with all cross border transport links (such as upgrading the dual carriageway A74 between Carlisle and the Scottish border and a future reopening of the southern part of the Waverley Route) is both sides need to agree on funding...
Had a pint ? in Matlock but too wet and windy ?️ to light my clay pipe...
I found out I've been filing my clay pipe too loose; I need to tamp the baccy down more and pack it tighter...
Do you think this will give me a memorable smoke when at a re-enactment or out for a country walk???
good night folks!! tonight Docworker in a Jack Howell
and ready to watch the third chapter, season two, of Varg Veum "Satellite deaths"
and ready to watch the third chapter, season two, of Varg Veum "Satellite deaths"
Mac Baren Royal Twist in this Kimjongwook bamboo.
Puffing on some GH&Co Kendal Dark in a Caminetto 8*L*14 Free hand.
An all-in mix -- Amphora Burley, C&D black Cavendish and cigar leaf, and a pinch of Stratfordshire to fill up the bowl, all mixed together and packed, and surprisingly good. I don't like to do too many leavings together, but this seems to work. I'm smoking it in a Mountain Laurel billiard panel by Jerry Perry of Colfax, N.C.
@halfdan yes the end of the present Borders railway known historically as the Waverley Line lies five miles away. Most mornings I walk my dog along the disused track bed. Locally there is still talk of extending it all the way to Carlisle. Aye it’s all in the packing mate ?
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
2007 Esoterica Stonehaven in a Rad Davis Lovat.
@Ettrick puffer Thanks - I enjoyed today. I'd like to see how long I can make a clay pipe of baccy last. I think I packed my clay pipe too loosely and that's why it burned hot and fast even when not speed smoking!
Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am have a third of a bowl left of Wilke Rum and Maple in a straight smooth with a tobacco leaf carving on the bottom left, dark brown 1980s Sir Brent pot with a tapered black vulcanite stem.
Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake in a Danish Pipe Shop 50th Anniversary Dan shape sandblast.
Enjoying some Old Joe Krantz in a Charles Towne something-or-other cob before starting dinner.
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