GPMINI gets new rubber

Posted on by Ian C.

After spending the winter on runflat snow tires (and having discarded the original runflat performance tires due to wear), I recently took GPMINI up to Sublime Restorations to have the “real” GP 18″ wheels put back on, this time with non-runflat Michelin Pilot Sport tires on them … and Julian did a nice cleaning job on her too 🙂

The tires so far have performed extremely well in the seriously wet weather we’ve had the last few days … but they are NOT a quiet ride; they’re definitely noisier than the winter runflats, and while it’s hard to remember what the original performance runflats were like, I suspect these Michelins are noisier than them too! I’ve had no chance to test them for dry weather grip yet (but the wet weather grip is worth having, as the original runflats were terrible in the wet) …

Back to Seaworld and Disney

Posted on by Ian C.

We had another trip to Disney … we returned to Seaworld and WOW it was busy! We also spent a day in Magic Kingdom with our neighbours Joanne & Earle, who happened to be down for the same week …

Pictures from Seaworld:

 

Then another day, we headed over to Space Mountain (in Disney Magic Kingdom) for a ride; it’s a roller coaster in the dark and Margaret doesn’t like it! Joanne wanted to ride Space Mountain but not on her own, and Earle doesn’t like it either. So Joanne and I rode the scary ride 🙂

We also did Splash Mountain (with Joanne well wrapped to keep her dry while the rest of us got soaked!); the Thunder Mountain roller coaster, and another performance of the Gloucester Docksiders:

Also from Gloucester …

Posted on by Ian C.

On our recent weekend in Florida, we were “joined” by neighbours Joanne and Earle, who happened to be down there this weekend too! They visited our new house and shared the pool, we also met them at Downtown Disney and in Magic Kingdom.
In both places, there were a number of other “Gloucester’ites” too – the local school band The Docksiders performed twice (Monday evening at Downtown Disney, and Tuesday lunchtime in TomorrowLand in Magic Kingdom!) … a few pics, not great because I left my “real” camera in the car so used my cellphone!