Tobacconists are getting thin on the ground

At one time I could have walked down the village for a Tobacconist shop
now there isn’t one, even the Snowmen have been banned from smoking pipes.

even in the adjacent towns the large dedicated Tobacconists are no more. So it’s an half hour bus ride into Skipton (free with over 60's bus-pass)  passing Greenber Field canal locks, out the bus window,

then the train to Leeds £8.80 single £9 return. Looking down the Aire valley from the train just before Cononley

Arrive Leeds in just short of an hour and walk up Briggate to the Headrow to Greens

I do mail order from Green’s http://www.smoke-king.co.uk/acatalog/home-page.html
and can put an order in late afternoon and it’s always here in the next mornings post, but it’s not the same as a visit, where I can break Paul off of his work, here he's coming out the Cigar humidifier room

and talk pipes, tobacco, beer, in fact the only thing missing is a bar !

 yesterdays visit they’d only sent him x6 Germain's Latakia Flake so I bought these and mentioned G H Louisiana Flake, down came the jar “have a fill - smoke, it in the shop” Very civilised, (the smoking ban in pubs should be enough for a civil war !) It’s a busy shop and a couple of customers commented “that smells nice/good” I’m not really into reviews as it’s all so subjective but the first few draws nothing much happened but then it got to be full of flavour. I bought two ounce, then back across the city for the next train back to Skipton where I put the no bar in the shop right with a pint at the Narrow Boat

The above is the Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in a Stainless-steel 50's Titan made in England pipe, Beers Ilkley Brewery's Joshua Jane 3.8% Bitter
just thought I'd share and add something for Oldmortality - cheers