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Reflecting on the past few years and looking ahead to 2025!
It’s that time of year again when many of us pause to reflect on our experiences and think about our plans for the future. While some people may not give it much thought, I personally enjoy taking a moment to review what I’ve experienced and map out some bits and bobs for the year ahead.…
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Looking back on my cigar journey and gearing up for 2024
So it’s coming up to the end of 2023 and as usual at this time of year I always tend to look back at the year that’s about to pass and think about the year ahead. This year has been crazy bonkers for me especially in terms of my cigar journey, my self confidence (which…
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Looking back on my cigar journey since starting this blog
Exactly two years ago, I started this blog about my cigar experiences and wow, what a journey I’ve had so far! During the first year (2021), I set myself a cigar challenge to smoke as many cigars as possible from the A-Z of cigars in ‘The Cigar Companion: The Connoisseur’s Guide‘. I managed to smoke…
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I did it! I completed my cigar challenge, but what did I learn… did I become a cigar aficionado?
This time last year (27th December 2020), I made my first blog post announcing a cigar challenge. I must admit, when starting it, I never thought I would get to this point, smoking my way through the whole A-Z of cigars in the book ‘The Cigar Companion: The Connoisseur’s Guide ‘. Over one year, I smoked one…
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From cigar novice to cigar aficionado
Ok, so here’s the deal, for most of my adult life I have been smoking cigars – but even in my 30’s I feel like a cigar novice. I want that to change. I want to become a cigar aficionado. As we are in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tier 4 in London, I…